Sabrina Herrera
Latino Initiative EditorSabrina Herrera has held many roles at Connecticut Public, including Community Engagement and Social Media Editor, where she laid the groundwork for the Latino Initiative, and built the station’s first social media team. Sabrina joined Connecticut Public as the social media editor back in 2021.
Today, Sabrina the is Editor of Connecticut Public's Latino Initiative, ¡Somos Connecticut!.
Somos Connecticut aims to uplift Latine stories and increase Latine representation in news coverage through bilingual reporting, resource-oriented and expanded programming as well as community engagement events.
Sabrina is also host of the narrative podcast, Generation Barney.
Sabrina serves on the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) New England Chapter Board.
Sabrina loves the arts, improv comedy, and people. She is a social person who loves to connect with folks on topics around audience & community engagement, diversity in the news industry, and things to do in Connecticut. She can be reached at sherrera@ctpublic.org.
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ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels. -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s Jewish father escaped Nazi Germany before immigrating to the U.S. -
The National Baptist Convention USA is calling for a nationwide ban on facial coverings for law enforcement, including immigration officials. -
Trinity Academy is partnering with the Connecticut Invention Convention to promote early STEM learning among Latino and other students of color. -
Hundreds came together in historically Puerto Rican neighborhood of Frog Hollow for Día de los Reyes. -
As members of Connecticut’s Venezuelan American community share their cautious optimism, one Colombian-American student in Connecticut is worried about what the future holds for neighboring country Colombia. -
In one of the most financially strained seasons of the year, demand for canned goods and children’s gifts increases among the state’s Puerto Rican diaspora. -
The American Mural Project in Winsted has launched a Spanish language audio tour of its five-story, 120-foot long mural that pays tribute to the American workforce. -
The Meriden community welcomes home a teen who was detained for six months at a federal ICE facility. -
Kayla Lalles tried the traditional Puerto Rican holiday drink for the first time at 25 years old. Now, the Hartford native sells hundreds of bottles every Christmas season.
