About Us

Daniel Alarcón, host of Radio Ambulante, covers Latin America for The New Yorker. He’s the author of four books of fiction, including “The King is Always Above the People,” 2017 finalist for the National Book Award. He teaches at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York. 2021 MacArthur Fellow.

Camila has a PhD from Columbia University, since 2012 she has overseen the production of every season. She lives in Bogotá.

Journalist, book editor, and professor of journalism. Born in Argentina, he has lived most of his life in Chile and a little while in Uruguay. He uses his spare time to stalk Polonio, his tabby cat.

Costa Rican. He worked in printed media, covering culture in his country. He had his start on audio journalism with Radio Ambulante. He has two cats, or they have him. He is not sure.

As a child she wanted to be a naturalist like Charles Darwin, but she ended up exploring the world through journalism. Uruguayan, mate ambassador.

He feared radio, but eventually allowed himself to be captivated by it. He’s a journalist because he loves asking questions and listening to answers. He lives in Bogota.

Ecuadorian journalist. She studied investigative journalism at Columbia University in the city of New York. She has written about gender violence, feminism and human rights.

Uruguayan journalist, fact-checker and podcaster. Member of RedLATAM of young journalists 6th generation.

Journalism graduate. Feminism, narrative and photography are her happy place. She likes to draw and go dancing in Mexico city where she currently lives.

Born in Bahia Blanca, she now lives in Buenos Aires. She grew up in a radio studio keeping company and listening to her dad, but she got her start in audio journalism through a different path.

Guitarist since age 17, audio nerd since age 21, composer and sound designer at Radio Ambulante since 2016.

Mexican composer living in Mexico City. She studied Songwriting and has written music for documentary films, podcasts, and other digital mediums.

Composer and sound designer. Rémy has written music for advertising and audiovisual media. Movie enthusiast, he’s dedicated his career to creating music that helps to tell stories.

Graphic designer, non-professional drawer, and videogame lover. He has worked in exhibitions, theater, and art montages. He was a designer at the Museo de Memoria in Colombia and at Cain Press.

Writer, editor, and journalist. She holds an MFA in creative writing in Spanish (NYU) and is a master’s candidate in bilingual journalism (CUNY). She grew up in the South of Lima and lives in Brooklyn.

Journalist. She was born and raised in the outskirts of Mexico City. She reports, writes, experiments, and likes thoughtful stories that make people stop, look around and talk with each other.

Silvia is a journalist and has been editing and producing stories in Radio Ambulante since 2013. She lives in London with her husband and her kids, Elisa and Santiago.

Chilean journalist, documentary filmmaker and journalism professor. She got her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School and has worked on television, digital media and podcasting.

For over a decade, she has been listening to audiences and creating new ways of communicating. Fan of salsa. ASD caregiver. Before joining El hilo she was an Engagement Producer at Al Jazeera.

Mariana is a journalist and lives in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied journalism in Paris and has covered migration, human rights and economy. She has four dogs.

Inés is a Peruvian-American audio journalist. She is an associate producer at Vice, producing El hilo. Her focus areas include immigration, gender, and climate issues.

Musician and sound designer. Caracas-born, living in Berlin. Avid cinephile and lover of electronic music. You can find him on Spotify under the moniker Elayas.

Samy lives in Ecuador and has a degree in Social Communication. She has worked as a creative and as a copywriter and enjoys making videos. She likes to listen to stories and later share them.

Carolina Guerrero is a media entrepreneur. She was a JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She lives in New York.

Camilo studied philosophy in Berlin and became a journalist at the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He directed VICE in Colombia and Pacifista, and was the executive editor of Arcadia, a cultural magazine.

She launched her first podcast in 2014, and since then has worked with independent Latin American shows to boost the growth of this medium in the region.

Colombian journalist with a Master in Political Studies. He received the Simon Bolivar Award and was recognized as a Young Leader for his work with vulnerable populations. He likes dancing and talking.

Data-analytics nerd and financial analyst. She’s a passionate hiker who is very proud of her garden — visited by the most intrepid hummingbirds of Mexico City (she has a cat).

She loves life, nature, and listening to good stories. Elsa lives with her two dogs, surrounded by plants, and volunteers in animal rescue. She studied Graphic Design.

Barbara loves teaching Spanish and loves Radio Ambulante. She is eager to find teachers who feel the same way! When time allows, she writes about her teaching practice here.