Lia Valero

Lia Valero is a Colombian  journalist and visual storyteller with 9+ years of experience in media industries and storytelling. Her work has been published at Deutsche Welle (DW), Mutante, De Correspondent, VICE, El Espectador, among others. She has experience in multimedia journalism and project manager for several media projects.  Since 2013 she was part of Chicas Poderosas, a global community of women and non-binary people in media. And has worked as audiovisual content curator & digital producer for the Commission of Truth in her country.

Her dedication and passion for documenting human rights, gender, and environmental topics have been recognized with awards and grants. Lia was a Google News Initiative fellow for the Media Transformation Challenge program at Poynter Institute and fellow of the International Lab of Environmental Photography, from Native Agency. In 2020, she received the Women, Peace and Security National Journalism Award from Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. And since 2024 is member of Diversify Photo. She recently moved to Berlin, Germany.