Jose reports on Latino communities in the Finger Lakes region for WXXI Public Media. Prior to joining WXXI News, Jose acted as the bilingual local All Things Considered Host and general assignment reporter for Blue Ridge Public Radio where he reported on elections, language access, and contributed to BPR’s award winning Hurricane Helene coverage. His journalism career started as a producer for the Hola initiative at WNIJ and later as an intern with NPR’s content development team. An Illinoisan, Jose enjoys hiking, playing basketball, and listening to music from artists like J. Cole, Feid, and Bad Bunny.
Beat: Latino communities in the Finger Lakes region
There are many challenges facing the Latino communities in the Greater Rochester region, from immigration-related threats, particularly in today's political climate, to health inequities to language barriers. The Latino communities reporter takes a solutions-based approach to covering these challenges, looking to see if programs or ideas in other areas have helped ease some of these problems and if they can be replicated locally. The Latino communities reporter also looks for successes to highlight.