Spanish Language At-Large Officer Ada M. Alvarez Conde Reporter Pan American Health Organization E-mail: alvarez.ada@gmail.com

Ada M. Alvarez Conde has a Masters in Science in Mass Communications from Florida International University (Spanish track) and B.A. in Information and Journalism from the University of Puerto Rico . Writing since she was 14 in a community and educational newspaper. Puerto Rico youngest novelist with Lo que no dije, also a campaign to end domestic violence by prevention with the use of language www.loquenodije.com Worked in Capitol Hill as a Córdova and Fernós Intern with Nancy Pelosi’s office back in 2006 and in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in the development of a Multicultural Program for Veterans and as a translator prior to graduating from her BA. In Miami she worked in the development of telemundo.com and was a web designer and content manager for America Teve (channel 41).

Has been a part of NAHJ for four years and have been Student Chapter founder (in PR) and President, as well as Board Member as student representative for the last year. Within the Board she has developed a portfolio for students, participated of Board meetings, helped develop ideas for membership and conferences and recently organized the NAHJ region 4 mixer in Miami. She is currently a bilingual freelancer. She has been focusing in health and environmental reporting and it’s the investigative reporter from the magazine Revista Latitudes, where she also has a column Pensándolo Bien about mental health. She is a runner up for the FNPI award for her investigative report of water issues in Argentina and for was granted the Voluntary of the Year award in 2006 in PR.

She is a dedicated individual that uses all her free time to write and use communication as a tool for communities in need. She has recently moved to DC with her black cat, halloweenie. Her dream is to pursue a career as a journalist and journalism professor while she keeps writing and publishing books. She is applying for her PhD next year and plans to keep working closely with NAHJ (as she says) forever.