Democracy, Immigration and Community Affairs Reporter

Enlace Latino NC

Enlace Latino NC is a nonpartisan digital news organization serving North Carolina's Spanish-speaking immigrant communities through high-quality, community-centered news. Our mission is to empower the diverse community of Latino immigrants in North Carolina to become more involved in the social, political and economic changes that affect them. We are the leading digital Spanish news organization dedicated to covering politics, government, health, immigration, and community affairs in North Carolina.

Estefanía Pinto Ruiz

Pinto Ruiz covers Latino and immigrant communities across North Carolina, focusing on democracy, immigration, and community affairs. Previously, Pinto Ruiz covered agriculture, environment, and water at KWQC TV6 News in the Quad Cities for Report for America and the Ag & Water Desk. Her reporting focused on elevating farmers’ voices and bringing awareness to the importance and difficulty of the work farmers do to feed the USA, often in an unpredictable industry. Some of her extensive reporting focused on mental health in agriculture, grain bin safety, and proposed pesticide legislation, earning her an honorable mention in the 2026 North American Agricultural Journalists writing awards. Pinto Ruiz is bilingual in English and Spanish and is a proud Colombian, which means you can often find her searching for the things she misses most as an immigrant—Colombian food and a good cup of Colombian coffee—alongside her companion on adventures, her dog Miel.