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Victoria Leandra

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United States
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, HuffPost, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo News New Zealand and
Covers:  Travel, Culture, Social Justice, Food/Drink, Music/Entertainment, Wellness, Fashion/Beauty, Lifestyle and more
As seen on WaPo, Food&Wine, VICE | Words on HuffPost, R29, TripAdvisor, Thrillist, TripSavvy, Business Insider + 📧VLHM13@gmail.com ✈️ 55K+ followers on IG + TT

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Victoria Leandra’s Biography

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Victoria is an award-winning Latina journalist based in the US covering travel, culture, identity, social justice and music for HuffPost, Refinery29, Variety, VICE, Bloomberg, Oprah Mag, Bustle, Elite Daily, Mic, and more.
From interviewing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and J Balvin to traveling across Morocco covering the resurgence of modern women through art, her multimedia expertise and unique social-first approach as a Gen-Z distinguishes her from the traditional journalist.

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Why I Ditched Solo Trips & Travel With My Parents Instead

Why I Ditched Solo Trips & Travel With My Parents Instead

In the past year alone, I've been to Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Cuba, and Perú in a quest to further under…

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We're Giving Women a Seat to Play at the Dominoes Table

We're Giving Women a Seat to Play at the Dominoes Table

Dominoes is one of the oldest tools for game play. But for Latine communities, it's much more than a game: do…

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Finding My Latinidad Meant Leaving Behind Everything I Knew To Be True

Finding My Latinidad Meant Leaving Behind Everything I Knew To Be True

When I reflect on my childhood in Puerto Rico, I realize how the island can be like a bubble that isolates yo…

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Bad Bunny Is A Folk Artist First And A Pop Artist Second

Bad Bunny Is A Folk Artist First And A Pop Artist Second

Ask any young Puerto Rican where they were and who they were with when Bad Bunny dropped his first album back…

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In This House, Every Month Is Latine Heritage Month

In This House, Every Month Is Latine Heritage Month

In 1988, the U.S. recognized the 31-day stretch between September 15 and October 15 as Hispanic Heritage Mont…

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Meet Young Miko: From Tattoo Artist to Singing Alongside Bad Bunny

Meet Young Miko: From Tattoo Artist to Singing Alongside Bad Bunny

There's something about Latin trap star Young Miko's sound that just hits differently. She has a natural swag…

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Everyone Wants a 'Third Place.' For Us, It's Always Been The Salon.

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Victoria Leandra Fri, October 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM EDT 7 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Yahoo on Google Hairdresser washing a young adult woman's hair in a ceramic basin at a modern hair salon, providing a relaxing beauty treatment and professional self-care service Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost.
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Older Puerto Ricans Are Battling The Water Crisis Head-On

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Residents collect water from a tanker truck at a distribution point during a government imposed water rationing amid a severe drought in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 6, 2026.
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Older Puerto Ricans Are Battling The Water Crisis Head-On

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Residents collect water from a tanker truck at a distribution point during a government imposed water rationing amid a severe drought in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 6, 2026.
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What's your favorite social network?

Instagram for curated guides, TikTok for the real deal ;-)

Why did you become a journalist?

A storyteller by nature, I genuinely enjoy getting to know the world at its core, its people and their culture.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

100%, I was the Editor in Chief of the publication.