is a journalist, cultural critic, editor and creative brand strategist connecting social justice, art, culture and place.
Based in Mexico and occasionally the US and Australia (home), she’s interested in exploring how housing justice, immigration, climate and environment intersect with culture and design. Approaching each project with empathy, curiosity and a deep respect for the people who allow her to share their stories, she has reported on issues ranging from protest movements in Honduras, to reproductive rights on the migrant trail through Mexico, and fracking and police discrimination in the Australian outback.
Previously Assistant Editor at Assemble Papers, you can find her reporting in Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg CityLab, The Nation, New Republic, El Faro, Hyperallergic and Artsy. She has also previously collaborated with SPACE10 by IKEA, MPavilion, Open House Melbourne, Savvy Studio and Design Hotels.
She holds an MA in Journalism from Columbia University, where she specialised in art criticism and architecture. Her master’s thesis explored place branding in Mexico City, while her research on modernist Uruguayan architect Mauricio Cravotto was included in (Radical) Functionalism in Latin America, published by Columbia University Office of Publications in 2019.
When not writing, she spends her time making ice cream, exploring the properties of clay at a community ceramics studio and learning herbalism. She is available to work in English and Spanish.
She holds an MA in Journalism from Columbia University, where she specialised in art criticism and architecture. Her master’s thesis explored place branding in Mexico City, while her research on modernist Uruguayan architect Mauricio Cravotto was included in (Radical) Functionalism in Latin America, published by Columbia University Office of Publications in 2019.
When not writing, she spends her time making ice cream, exploring the properties of clay at a community ceramics studio and learning herbalism. She is available to work in English and Spanish.
Please see her portfolio here.
She is available for photographic commissions in digital and film to accompany her editorial work.
For commissions, projects or collaborations please get in touch:
Instagram: @annettella
heythere.annette [at] gmail [dot] com
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