Laura Garcia

Laura García is a Mexican multimedia storyteller based in London with a wide range of television and online experience. Currently she’s part of the World Service as a social media specialist helping teams launch and grow their vertical video strategy. Before she was a video presenter and producer for BBC Mundo, and a key part of the team that launched and grew @bbcnewsmundo on TikTok to 2M followers in a couple of years.  Laura spent the first two years of the pandemic as part of the training team at First Draft, a non profit that researches disinformation.  She’s an incurable nerd who loves cats, books, TikTok, and has always been fascinated with new ways of telling stories, new tech, coding, apps, and even VR/AR.She is passionate about diversifying the media. She is a mentor for WINN Latam, and I LIKE NETWORKING.