Learn more about me and watch this mini documentary, by Silvia Rodriguez, about my journey to New Orleans as a journalist to cover a major political event. In the mini-doc, published in South Florida News Service, you will also learn a little more about my background.
Vanessa Rodriguez, born in Venezuela, came to live in the United States after her family's safety became an issue following the April 2002 political crisis the country faced. Inspired by the political events that changed her life, Rodriguez, now a journalist who graduated from Florida International University, took a bus trip to the Venezuelan embassy in New Orleans, La., to vote and to cover the Venezuelan elections after the death of Hugo Chavez. She was one of 6,000 Venezuelans living abroad who made the trip to New Orleans after the country shut down the embassy in Miami, Fla. Rodriguez's journey captures the correlation between journalism and politics and one nation's determination to be a part of the electoral procedure, regardless of distance. By Silvia Rodriguez/South Florida News Service.