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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The celebrations, running from June through September, focus on cultural education as much as fun. -
Presentada en diversos países, la obra de Pablo Delano funciona como un archivo en movimiento que cuestiona la narrativa de la isla que se ha construido en el exterior. -
The Latinas In Leadership Symposium is set to gather women from different industries at the Connecticut Convention Center for its 23rd year. -
Hartford-based artist Pablo Delano collected pieces of American media about Boricuas since the U.S. took over the Spanish colony in 1899. Many are dehumanizing depictions. -
Members of the 65th infantry regiment who settled in Connecticut after their military service were celebrated on the national holiday’s fifth anniversary. -
El último libro de Victor Piñeiro para jóvenes de secundaria es un encuentro entre la mitología taína y la experiencia de la diáspora moderna. -
Victor Piñeiro’s latest middle grade book is where Taíno mythology meets the modern diaspora experience.
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The group HUSKY 4 Immigrants hand-delivered a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont and several other legislative leaders, asking for their support in adding all residents, regardless of immigration status, to legislation geared at mitigating federal funding cuts. -
These Puerto Rican leaders are making bilingual content for one of the fastest-growing audiences in the U.S. sports economy: Latinos. -
Barbara Lopez is a founder of Make the Road Connecticut, an organization that fights for the rights of immigrant, Latino, and working-class communities. She looks back on her years of leadership and reflects on the lessons learned that will help her continue to grow as a leader.
