Katherine Torres

Katherine Torres serves as a Mass Media and Communications Fellow with LULAC’s National Office in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 2026. She first joined LULAC as a fellow in 2025 and has continued working to amplify Latino stories through multimedia journalism and digital storytelling.

As the daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants, Katherine developed an early understanding of education as a powerful tool for empowerment and opportunity. For four years, she helped design and lead a summer youth leadership program for newly arrived immigrant youth in Boston, creating spaces for civic engagement, leadership development, and community building.

Last summer, as a recipient of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship, Katherine traveled to Athens, Greece, where she volunteered at a shelter for unaccompanied refugee youth and learned about refugee resettlement efforts. In Malaysia, she interned with investigative journalists at The Fourth, where she conducted research for long-form documentary projects and contributed to multimedia reporting and editing.

A recent graduate of Wellesley College with a double major in Political Science and Education Studies, Katherine plans to teach before pursuing graduate studies in journalism and public-interest storytelling. Whether in the classroom or the newsroom, she is passionate about using multimedia storytelling to educate, inform, and uplift marginalized communities.