Isabella is a Colombian and Dominican writer and reporter based out of Queens, New York. She covers social and cultural trends, politics and globalization.

Before becoming a freelance reporter, Isabella worked at The New York Times for five years. She was part of the 2018 and 2020 election teams, reporting on Democratic and Latino voters. Isabella was also a New York Times reporting fellow covering Breaking News.

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Where We Are: The Theater
Where We Are: The Theater

Contribution to Where We Are is a visual column in The New York Times “about young people coming of age and the spaces where they create community.” Photography by Juan Brenner.

Race/Related: An Iranian Curator on Art’s Power in an Uprising
Race/Related: An Iranian Curator on Art’s Power in an Uprising

This is a Q&A with Nazy Nazhand, an Iranian curator who has brought many Iranian artists to the forefront of the the art world. We spoke about how art is both a reflection and vehicle for struggle among the Iranian diaspora.

A Chance Encounter Helps Return Sacred Artifacts to an Indigenous Group
A Chance Encounter Helps Return Sacred Artifacts to an Indigenous Group

For this story I spoke to leaders from the Yaqui Nation, an Indigenous group in Mexico and the United States, who worked tirelessly for decades to repatriate religious and cultural artifacts found in a Swedish museum back to the tribes with the help of the United Nations.

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New York Times

2018 – 2023

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I started out at The Times as a senior news assistant on the Politics Desk, I wrote and reported on stories about progressive and Latino voters. I traveled to report on stories and to cover the Nevada Caucuses. I was also part of the various teams that helped create our voting guides for readers to better navigate the massive vote-by-mail push during the pandemic. Once the elections were over, I became a part of out newsletter team and COVID-19 Live Blog team. For the Times’ The Morning Newsletter I helped create and fact check our weekly News Quiz. At the same time, I was reporting on COVID-19 updates around the world for the COVID-19 Live Blog, while also working with our team in Hong Kong to keep global readers updated with the viruses’ latest updates. I then became a reporting fellow on Express, the Times’ breaking news desk, covering a wide variety of stories in an expedient manner.

U.N. Women

August - December 2017

As an intern at the United Nations I worked with the communications team to research and put together campaigns relevant to U.N. Women’s mission and the U.N. strategic development goals. For the months there I specifically worked in research related to violence against women. I also worked on creating and writing the 2016-17 Annual Report timeline for U.N. Women.

At the Ithaca Times, I reported on a wide variety of news topics such as local politics and immigration issues. Did research and investigations. Conducted interviews with people and officials. Attended press conferences and public meetings weekly. Assisted with copy editing and fact checking.

The Ithaca Times

May 2017 - August 2017