Grecia Figueroa

journalist and Public Relations Professional in San Diego, California

Grecia Figueroa is a trilingual 2x Emmy® Award-winning journalist, and public relations professional in San Diego, CA.

Former reporter for NBC's Telemundo station covering the city of Las Vegas.

While in Las Vegas, she covered several visits of former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the 2016 Presidential Elections, including the Presidential Republican and Democratic debates in Las Vegas.

Among the people she has interviewed are Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Harry Reid, Senator Bob Menendez, Dolores Huerta, former Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, activist Eliseo Medina, human rights advocate Father Alejandro Solalinde, among various other political leaders, and activists.

Born in Lima, Peru, Grecia moved to Los Angeles with her family at the age of thirteen. From an early age, she developed a love for writing and poetry, which led her to win several competitions in her hometown. It was in the city of angels where she started her career as a journalist. She first interned for Current TV, Vanguard investigative documentary series, where she developed her passion for investigative work. She began her career in Los Angeles as an on-air news reporter. She later relocated to Las Vegas, NV to work for Univision and later, NBC Telemundo.

In 2017, Grecia relocated to San Diego, CA, and now works in Public Relations and Marketing.

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"Stories are not about issues; stories are about people whose lives are being affected by those issues"

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