Miami, Florida

Nérida “Nery” Ynclán was a baby when her parents fled their native Cuba to Miami. She grew up to become a journalist reporting on the fight for freedom all peoples share, the universal yearning to be heard, to have a choice, to matter. She is now a freelance writer and producer in South Florida. A graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, she began her career at The Miami Herald as a reporter and went on to television as a reporter and anchor in Miami and Los Angeles. She returned to the Herald years later, where she served as assistant city desk editor, deputy features editor, and multimedia editor. During this time she also appeared daily on television, doing segments from the paper's newsroom for the local NBC and CBS stations. Nery was part of the core team of editors on work that won the Herald two Pulitzer Prizes: one for community service following Hurricane Andrew and one for breaking news following the Elián González crisis.

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