Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist from Santa Ana, California. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. For the last five years, she worked for the James Beard Award-winning publication L.A. TACO, where she developed her beat covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and other notable outlets. Because of her work, she is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

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