Documentary Filmmaker and Photographer based in New York. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia.
About
Filmmaker and photographer based in New York.
Most recently, Juanita was part of FRONTLINE's Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative. During this one-year fellowship, she co-produced and directed a film that reconstructs the law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.
Her work has taken around the world and across the United States. She has covered sensitive topics, including Colombia’s civil conflict, police brutality in the United States, and the refugee crisis in Venezuela.
Before moving to the United States, Juanita worked as a videographer in the Mexico City bureau at Telemundo, where she reported extensively on the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College.
Her work has appeared on Frontline, VICE News, HBO, Showtime, Telemundo, Al Jazeera, Univision, NBC News, TIME and, The New York Times.
Juanita is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she sometimes works as an adjunct professor.
