Tibisay Zea

RealTalk Community Fellow 2021-22

Tibisay Zea is a Latina journalist based in Boston. As a news reporter, she has covered a breadth of issues critically important to the Greater Boston area, such as wealth inequities, housing instability, climate change and social determinants of health. She strives to bring diverse voices into much of her work. Tibisay is also the host of a podcast in Spanish called “Salud” that features stories of Latino immigrants and their health challenges in this country. Tibisay is also a classically trained pianist and singer and likes to play music from Latin America. As an MIT Center for Constructive Communication Community Fellow, she’s working on developing a guide for journalists to report on Latinos and immigration.