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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CT Public's Puerto Rican Communities Reporter discusses how she has experienced the diversity of Puerto Rican communities in CT and a sociologist talks about the idea of intentionally not assimilating. -
Carolina Gieczewski is a Spanish teacher at West Hartford Public Schools and the 2026 CT COLT Language Teacher of the Year. She found success in following her purpose after making a big career change. Now, she promotes self-reflection to discover personal values. -
Immigrant advocates held a demonstration in front of the federal courthouse in Hartford Wednesday afternoon, stopping traffic for nearly two hours. They want federal immigration officers to stay out of Connecticut. -
Soccer players across the globe are warming up to play for the FIFA World Cup. The city of Hartford is warming up to watch with its Summer of Soccer initiative. -
In their first meeting, commissioners voted to add energy to their main issues of focus. -
“Double Exposures” at El Museo del Barrio features Sophie Rivera’s work from her decades of portraiture to the more experimental and is on display through Aug. 2. -
Nearly five decades after the collapse of a garage that claimed the life of the 12-year-old boy, his sister revisits the events and institutional failures surrounding the tragedy -
Huerta, who is 96, accepted the Latinas in Leadership Symposium’s Living Legend Award on Thursday at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. -
Hartford Deportation Defense is showcasing the fight for immigrant rights with a photo exhibit on Saturday, May 30. -
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies, or CENTRO, in New York is offering a self-guided class that both beginners and history buffs can take to learn about Puerto Rican identity related to language, U.S. citizenship and race.
