Maria Hinojosa

President & CEO, Futuro Media Group | Executive Producer & Anchor, Latino USA

Maria Hinojosa has helped tell America’s untold stories and brought to light unsung heroes in America and abroad for 25 years. In April 2010, Hinojosa launched the Futuro Media Group with the mission to produce multi-platform, community-based journalism that respects and celebrates the cultural richness of the American experience. She is the anchor and executive producer of her own long-running weekly NPR show, Latino USA, anchor of the Emmy Award-winning talk show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One from WGBH/La Plaza, and contributing correspondent for Frontline and Need to Know on PBS. Prior to launching the Futuro Media Group, Hinojosa was a senior correspondent for NOW on PBS, the CNN Urban Affairs correspondent for 8 years, a reporter for NPR, and producer for CBS Radio. She has written two books, including her motherhood memoir: Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son.