Luz Pena
A notebook: blank pages waiting to be filled with ideas, stories, and memories. The medium remains constant, but with time the stories change. At age 11, the pages were filled with childhood memories from my hometown in Barranquilla, Colombia. At age 12, the memories and adventures stopped and were replaced with simple words and phrases: "Hello", "My name is Luz", "I'm from Colombia". My notebook became my tool to learn English as a young immigrant to the US. Today, my notebook is for our community, where each blank page is an opportunity to give someone a voice. What's your story?
I've worked in the NY, LA, and SF markets. In the Bay, I was a video journalist for Univision 14. In Los Angeles, I was a reporter, host and digital correspondent for Fox Spanish national network, and Fox Sports/Fox Deportes. In New York, I was a reporter for the FoxNews.com platform.
Throughout my journalism career, I've been honored with 9 Emmys, a Society of Professional Journalist - excellence in journalism award, a L.A Press Club Award, and named one of the top 40 Latinos in American Media by the Huff Post. I graduated from Hofstra University in New York with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science.
I'm thrilled to be part of the ABC7 news team and would love to tell your story! Reach out anytime on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
ARCHIVES
Concord pizza places Mountain Mikes, Round Table targeted by robbers in same night
THIEVES TARGET PIZZA PLACES: The Mountain Mikes and Round Table, which are just down the street from one another, were targeted in the same night.
San Francisco man dies after crashing into Pacific Ocean while hang gliding
What was supposed to be a 6-mile flight with a friend ended in tragedy.
VIDEO: Woman dragged by San Francisco Muni train after getting hand caught in door
An elderly woman can be seen walking up to a Muni train, seconds later the doors close in on her while part of her hand is stuck.
ONLY ON ABC7NEWS.COM: SFPD tells woman to 'take a different route' after being attacked by homeless woman
A San Francisco woman is still shaken after she was attacked by a homeless woman just 10 feet from her SoMa home.
Man shares heartbreaking last words with wife before she and 6-year-old son died in Oakland hit-and-run
"Be strong for the rest of my kids." Those were the heartbreaking last words between a man and his wife. She and their 6-year-old were killed in a hit-and-run in Oakland.
