My name is Rocío Guenther. I like to tell stories.

Photo by Josh Huskin
Rocío is a bilingual, bicultural journalist whose reporting work on immigration and U.S.-Mexico relations has appeared on DemocracyNOW!, PRI’s the World, Fusion, Buzzfeed, The Rivard Report, Latino Rebels, and Harvard Law School‘s Fair Punishment Project.
She’s works as a freelance journalist, and as a volunteer Spanish translator for National Geographic‘s Out of Eden Walk, spearheaded by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Paul Salopek. Salopek is retracing our ancestors’ ancient migration on foot out of Africa and across the globe.
In April 2017, Rocío was invited to be a guest speaker at the renowned International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) for a panel panel titled “Bridging the Border/Creando Puentes en la Frontera.” While there, she and KRTU journalist Joy Diaz spoke about issues facing journalists reporting on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The event was hosted at the University of Texas in Austin.

Rocío Guenther and Joy Díaz talk about serving and covering the Latino community in the U.S. (Mary Kang/Knight Center)
Rocío currently spends her time between San Antonio, Texas and Guadalajara, Mexico. Full resume/C.V. available upon request.
During my journey thus far, I’ve met a few cool people along the way:
- Meeting His Majesty The King of Spain Felipe VI
- Meeting Her Majesty the Queen of Spain Letizia
- Shaking President Barack Obama’s hand at the University of Maryland
- Posing for a photo with Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton and HUD Secretary Julian Castro
- Meeting former Mexican President Felipe Calderon at a special lecture event at Trinity University
- Meeting former Mexican President Vicente Fox
- Meeting Former President Bill Clinton
- Meeting Journalist Jorge Ramos
- Meeting Spurs coach Greg Popovich
- Getting my cast signed by Country Star George Strait
- Interviewing Mexico’s Star Chef, Enrique Olvera.
- Interviewing famed primatologist Jane Goodall at Trinity University.