Julia Gavarrete

Julia is a Salvadoran journalist with ten years of experience in newsrooms and documentary production. She worked for Diario El Mundo, Diario1.com, and has been published in local media outlets such as Revista Factum and Alharaca Contenidos. In 2020, she joined the Revista GatoEncerrado newsroom. She specializes in political issues, violence and its impact on vulnerable communities.

After working as a reporter for local newspapers, in 2015 she decided to become an independent journalist supporting investigations carried out by foreign media like CNN, The New Yorker, USA Today, The Intercept, Al Jazeera and Univision Noticias, She has focused on investigative reporting related to corruption, gender issues and migration. In 2019, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) included her name as one of 19 women changing journalism.

She graduated from Social Communications at Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA), with post-graduate studies in Latin American politics (Cuba), peace journalism in conflict zones (Israel), and solidarity economies (Mexico).