Navarro briefed journalists in August 2024: ‘Now is the Time to Get Vaccinated,’ Experts Say. 

Lygia Navarro is an award-winning bilingual journalist working in long-form narrative print and audio with a focus on health and Latine stories in the United States and abroad. She has reported from across Latin America, North America and Europe, for outlets including Afar, Al Jazeera magazine, The Associated Press, Business Insider, The American Prospect, FRONTLINE/World, Marketplace, The World, Latino USA, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Switchyard, Today.com, and the Christian Science Monitor, among many others. Lygia has produced podcasts for Spotify and The Conversation Canada. She holds both a BA and a Master’s in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to reporting, Lygia is also an editor at palabra, the multimedia outlet of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and a mentor for the Uproot Project’s Environmental Justice Fellows.