Photo by: Daniela Murillo
Ana María Ariza is an award-winning investigative journalist, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker with a distinguished track record covering Latin America and the US. Her deeply impactful reporting focuses on human rights, conflict zones, migration, Indigenous communities, and the political-economic forces shaping the hemisphere.
Thriving both on and off camera, she has collaborated with clients such as Thomson Reuters, DirecTV, Discovery Channel, Netflix, New York Post, MTV, Paramount Pictures, the Colombian government, USCIS, the International Organization for Migration, and USAID, among others.
Ariza has interviewed public figures, including John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Catalina Sandino, Mike Newell, Scott Steindorff, Nicolas Cage, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Zach Galifianakis, Samuel Torres, Chris Botti, Leonardo Amuedo, and Eddy Herrera.
Ana María holds a degree in Journalism from NYU, and studied T.V. & Radio Production at Miami-Dade College. She also earned photography certifications from Zona Cinco and Los Andes University. Ariza has undergone Newsroom Safety and HEFAT (Hostile Environment and First Aid) training with the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) and Conecta Arizona.
As a filmmaker she directed and produced “Caminantes: Human Stories That Cross Borders,” nominated at the Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival 2022, McMinnville Short Film Festival 2023, Madrid Film Awards (MADFA) 2023, LA Latinx Film Festival 2023, and winner of Best Editing of a Documentary at the Madrid International Film Festival 2023.