#EmergingUS LA Times
Alejandra Campoverdi is Managing Editor of #EmergingUS at the Los Angeles Times, a digital magazine founded by award-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that explores the emerging American identity and lives at the intersection of race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America. Prior to joining the Times, Alejandra served as Senior Advisor for Innovation and Communications Strategy for Univision Network News and was a part of the team that launched Fusion.
From 2009-12, Alejandra worked as a White House aide to President Obama, most recently as White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media, where she developed and implemented the White House’s multimedia communications strategy in relation to the U.S. Latino community. Prior to that, Alejandra worked in the White House Chief of Staff’s office as Special Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen. Previously, Alejandra worked on The California Endowment’s Agricultural Worker Health Initiative, which focused on improving the health and living conditions of California’s agricultural workers.
Alejandra holds a Master’s of Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and graduated cum laude from the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. She sits on the Executive Advisory Board of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.