Linda is a Cuban- American journalist from Miami, Florida. She graduated with her Bachelors degree from Florida International University, where she majored in Broadcast Journalism. To learn about how her passion for journalism began, you must first be brought to her childhood home in where her grandparents; raised her.

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Linda's grandfather was an illiterate man who did not even attend high school, and her grandmother, Josefina was the one who taught him how to read and write. Although neither one of Linda's grandparents obtained a higher education, they always maintained informed about what was going on around the world, with the news playing at their house all day long.

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Linda grew up imitating all the news anchors and reporters she saw on television. When her grandfather passed away her senior year of High School, she started a project called "Voices of Miami" in which she went around the entire city interviewing people and telling their stories. Linda's inspiration? Her grandmother who sat next to her telling her the stories of how her grandparents had met and how life felt after losing a loved one.

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As a sophomore in college Linda was able to intern at South Florida's local NBC station NBC 6. She worked in the stations assignment desk, alongside producers and with reporters, covering local breaking news.

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What drives her in the field now? The need to actually tell people's stories. Linda believes that in a day and age where breaking news happens so fast, reporters often forget to really incorporate the essence of not just informing the public- but of making their voices heard.

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