About me
Dr. Luisa Ortiz Pérez is the co-founder of Vita-Activa.org, she conceptualized and launched a helpline to aid women journalists and activists facing online violence and gender based harassment. As part of Vita Activa's task force, she leads Psychological First Aid task forces that support journalists and communicators in the aftermath of wars, natural and human made disasters, crisis and the pandemic. She worked for NPR, WNYC and the BBC, and was an executive manager for Yahoo! Hispanic Americas and Televisa Interactive Media. Former JSK Journalism Fellow from Stanford University, she holds a PhD in Ideology and Discourse Analysis from the University of Essex and is a certified Psychological First Aid Provider from Johns Hopkins University. She is the author, director and actor of A Human Condition, a play about journalism (2023).