Andrea Patiño Contreras

Andrea Patiño Contreras is an Emmy-nominated video journalist from Bogotá, Colombia. She is based in Boston, where she produces, shoots and edits documentaries. Most of her work revolves around questions of migration, mobility and gender and sexual violence both in the U.S. and across Latin America. Her 2022 film, #IamVanessaGuillen explores the mental health impact of survivors of military sexual violence. The film was a finalist for a Livingston Award in National Reporting. 

Andrea’s work has also been recognized by the Hillman Foundation, the National Murrow Awards, the Gracie Awards, Picture of the Year International and Fundación Gabo de Periodismo among others. She is the co-founder of the studio Rabbit Raccoon and a ceramics artist  when she is not working behind the camera. She is a 2024 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, where she studied how journalists can improve trauma-informed practices when reporting on vulnerable populations, particularly survivors of sexual violence.