Laura Castañeda has more than 30 years of storytelling experience in English and Spanish. Her vast knowledge of the community has allowed her to find unique voices for The San Diego Union-Tribune's Opinion section. Castañeda has decades of experience covering border issues and law enforcement along the U.S. Mexico border in Tucson and San Diego as well as covering urban issues in her native Chicago, where she started her journalism career at the ABC affiliate. She has produced independent projects for PBS affiliates in the U.S. and has extensive experience as a college professor at local colleges and universities. Castañeda, who continues to teach part-time, believes in mentoring young journalists and teaching them how to become better storytellers and live performers. Also in the works are a screenplay for her first feature-length film and two books (one is fiction, one is not).
