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Faces of NPR *Latin Heritage Month*: Anamaria Sayre

Faces of NPR showcases the people behind NPR. This week, we feature new Alt.Latino co-host, Anamaria Sayre.
Anamaria Sayre, photographed for NPR's Alt.Latino, 11 May 2022, in Washington DC. Photo by Mike Morgan for NPR.

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 month, we feature NPR's Latin community. Next up is Anamaria Sayre.

The Basics:

Name: Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

Title: Co-Host, Alt.Latino

Where you're from: Southern California

Twitter Handle: @AnaSayre

What are you looking forward to as the new co-host of Alt.Latino?

Bullying Felix more? [laughter] No, I think the thing that has been most exciting to me is just sitting down and getting to have conversations with these artists and realizing just how much I connect with who they are and their stories. It's really a beautiful thing to be able to sit with them and be like, Oh my God, this thing that you're talking about, about who you are or where you're from or your family, there's almost always something that they say that I'm like, I get that so hard. That is 100% how I feel, or that's something I grew up with too, or whatever. And so I think that I'm really excited

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