Lydia Blanco
As seen in:
Apple Podcasts,
Forbes,
Forbes Women,
Yahoo Finance,
Yahoo Finance Canada,
TODAY,
Black Enterprise,
Forbes Brasil,
NewsBreak,
WeWork
and
Covers:
Entrepreneurship, business, technology, social justice, education, politics, financial literacy, health and lifestyle.
Host of Life Will Be Pod®| By lines: @ForbesWomen @BlackEnterprise @NBCNews & More| Alum: @Columbiajourn @BennettCollege| Creator of @SincereVisions® ΔΣΘ 🇭🇳
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Lydia Blanco’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Hola! My name is Lydia T. Blanco and I carry and use the name of my Honduran-Garifuna immigrant grandmother in my byline. I am a proud Afro-Latina San Francisco native living my dreams of being a media professional in New York City (even though I’m working towards being bicoastal)!
At my core as a journalist is amplifying the voices of black and marginalized people, justice, and equity. By day, I enjoy being a generalist who currently focuses on women in entrepreneurship, business, and technolo…
Lydia Blanco’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 5 answers →What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be a journalist is to be a reliable presence.
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah, Beyonce, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, Gayle King, and Rhianna!
Why did you become a journalist?
My journey as a writer began as a poet in the third grade. And, as a journalist who has been on the frontlines of protests and in the newsroom, I’ve learned to SEE people the same ways I longed to be seen as a Black child who grew up in the least touristy areas of San Francisco and Oakland in between hard times, poverty, and violence when journalists with camera crews arrived in my neighborhood.
At my core as a journalist is amplifying the voices of black and marginalized people, justice, and equity.