Faces of NPR: Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. This week, we feature Lulu Garcia Navarro, the Host of Weekend Edition Sunday and Up First at NPR.
The Basics:
Name: Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Twitter Handle: @lourdesgnavarro
Job Title: Host, Weekend Edition Sunday & Up First
Where you're From: Miami, FL
You've been with NPR 16 years, what has kept you?
I started at NPR as the Mexico City correspondent. I was at that time based in Iraq for the Associated Press and I really wanted to be a foreign correspondent and NPR was sort of the pinnacle of where to do that for audio. And I've always been an audio person. That's what I love to do. I was able to just move around the world and that's really exciting and an extraordinary opportunity. And then I was able to come and be a host. At every juncture NPR has allowed me to grow and to do new things. That's what has kept me here. Also, I believe in the mission and the people are pretty cool.
What is your favorite experience with NPR?
It's a bit of a weird thing for me because I've had so many different types of experiences. I've been able to go to the Amazon and report there for weeks. I've been able to go to the Galapagos Islands and travel around in a boat talking about how that's changing. I've been to all these extraordinary places
