I’m a journalist at The Indianapolis Star.

I began reporting on Indianapolis’ fast growing Latino and Hispanic community in March 2020, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic struck the state.

I am focusing on issues affecting Latinos –and other immigrant communities in Central Indiana– such as lack of language access, healthcare, labor-related issues, among others. As I get to know the community in this new role, I have also been focusing on highlighting immigrants’ many contributions over the years to the city, county and state.

I write content in Spanish and also produce and write La Estrella, the Star’s first weekly newsletter in Spanish.

At the Star I have also covered breaking news, business development, city government and things to do in one of the state’s fastest growing communities, Hamilton County.

I previously worked at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in South Texas.

I’ve reported on a variety of topics including breaking news, a deadly homicide trend in domestic violence, exciting additions to state-of-the-art aquariums, to hurricane coverage, immigration and the separation of parents and their children at the U.S.-Mexico border.

I studied journalism at Del Mar College and briefly at the University of Texas at Arlington.

I was born in Tampico, Mexico and moved to Corpus Christi with my family in 2002.

I am fluent in Spanish and Spanglish.

*If you’d like to see my resume please email me, natalia.econtreras@gmail.com