Patsy Montesinos

Patsy Montesinos is a senior at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is currently a part-time multimedia reporter for Chatham News + Record's new project "La Voz de Chatham." In the past she served as a producer for her school’s Spanish and English-language newscast, produced a radio show and reported for her school’s sportscast. Her coverage of Venezuelans, which she reported from Colombia won a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists. In addition, her coverage of a series of campus crimes won a regional award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Patsy was born in North Carolina to two Mexican immigrant parents, moved to Mexico at age 10, and returned to North Carolina at age 15, to pursue journalism.