Martina Ibáñez-Baldor
Current Title: Design Director for Latino Initiatives
Organization: The Los Angeles Times
Country: United States
SND Vision
I am impressed and inspired by the efforts of SND in the last few years to diversify the organization and my vision for SND is to continue to support those efforts. I’d love to help SND further include diverse and up-incoming artists and illustrators that work with news organizations.
Bio
Martina Ibáñez-Baldor is a design director for Latino Initiatives at the Los Angeles Times. In this role she is focused on creating a new vertical that will explore Latino culture and identity. She also serves as the art director for @latimesplants and the Latinx Files newsletter. Since joining the Times in 2015, she has worked across sections including A1, California, Business, Op-Ed and features. She was the art director for the Food section from 2019-2021. She has worked on special projects such as The Chicano Moratorium 50 years later and the Día de Muertos digital altar. Before joining The Times, Ibáñez-Baldor worked for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Milwaukee Magazine. She has a degree in journalism and Spanish from Marquette University. She was born in Toronto to immigrants from South American and raised in Milwaukee, WI.