Julia is Senior Editor, News, at KQED public radio in San Francisco. Julia got into public radio while covering Chicago’s Latino communities for a Spanish-language television news station. She began freelance reporting Latino-centric stories for public radio, and she fell in love with radio storytelling as a way to bring the voices of those less heard from to a national audience.

Julia’s editorial work has received a Peabody Award, a Casey Medal for Coverage of Children and Families, several Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as awards from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the Society for Professional Journalists.