Prior to joining Enlace Latino, Patricia Serrano was a freelance reporter, podcast producer, and host at Enlace Latino Podcast, where she covered immigrant communities in western North Carolina. Her work focuses on immigrant rights, cross-cultural stories, and grassroots responses to natural disasters. Originally from Argentina, she began her journalism career working in news agencies and later as a freelance narrative reporter and communications specialist. Patricia has experience as a co-producer for Radio Ambulante, including an episode about Guatemalan immigrant Juana Tobar, and has also co-produced bilingual audio documentaries such as Dreaming las Américas. She studied journalism at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and continues to develop independent audio journalism projects. Based in Asheville, she is bilingual in Spanish and English. In her free time she enjoys reading and hiking along the Appalachian Mountain trails.
Beat: Western North Carolina communities reporter
This reporter will lead our coverage in Western North Carolina, focusing on the Asheville and Hendersonville areas, with special emphasis on Hurricane Helene’s impact and recovery efforts in Latino rural communities. The reporter will investigate hurricane economic recovery, including access to resources, housing stability, and business impacts and critical issues affecting Latino communities, such as: immigration, labor, education, health, and local politics.