
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento is a production assistant with Weekend Edition.
She was a 2019 Kroc Fellow. During her fellowship, she reported for Goats and Soda, the National Desk and Weekend Edition. She also wrote for NPR Music and contributed to the Alt.Latino podcast.
Gomez Sarmiento joined NPR after graduating from Georgia State University with a B.A. in journalism, where her studies focused on the intersections of media and gender. Throughout her time at school, she wrote for outlets including Teen Vogue, CNN, Remezcla, She Shreds Magazine and more.
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During what the ALA is calling Banned Books week, more than a dozen high-profile authors are taking a stand against censorship. Author Michael Connelly alone has donated $1 million to the cause.
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The film pays homage to the real story of an unapologetically queer man in a male-dominated sport and society.
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After surviving cancer and signing to Real Madrid, Linda Caicedo is making her mark at the World Cup. The 18-year-old player already scored a goal in each of Colombia's first two matches.
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The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.
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Welch is best known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She is survived by her son and daughter.
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The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its awards in a ceremony hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Here's who won.
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For the past six months, former Star Garden dancers have been taking their talents to a show-stopping picket line. If successful, they'll be the only strippers with union representation in the U.S.
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NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Elizabeth Estrada of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice about the spread of abortion misinformation in the Latino community.
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The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.
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'Girlhood,' a collection of diary-style entries by teen girls, aims to bust stereotypes about cultures while revealing girls' everyday lives.