By Constanza Mazzotti
Celina Rodríguez chose her profession as a journalist at a young age, a job she has practiced for more than thirty years and with which she has broken borders to support the migrant community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
That is why, and because of his extensive experience in both Mexican and American media, he knows that "no one has the right to extinguish your dreams."
There are several ways to practice a profession and one of them is commitment. Celina Rodríguez has been practicing journalism perhaps since before she even knew it, when instead of following rules that dictated that women should not dedicate themselves to that type of work, she chose to follow her instinct and enroll in the degree in Communication Sciences at ITESO of the Jesuit University of Guadalajara.
Since then, she has tirelessly established herself for more than 17 years within the Bay Area community as one of the journalists most committed to the well-being of the Latino and migrant society, promoting services for access to housing, health and social welfare among people who have difficulties due to the English language.
In an interview with Peninsula 360 Press during the segment “Portraits of the Bay Area,” she says that one of her dreams has always been to be a microphone to give a voice to the silenced; a feat she has carried out not only through journalism, but also through Stanford’s Journalism program, John Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists.
Celina Rodríguez also has a prolific career in journalism in Mexico. newssystem and in California in print, radio and television. She was also one of the founders of the San Francisco newspaper "El Mensajero Newspaper" as well as the first Mexican news anchor in the Bay Area with the "newscast 48» from KSTS and long-time news anchor on CNN en Español.
She currently works as a journalist from her own company, which allows her to freely select her coverage, which she broadcasts from her most famous program, "Interview with Celina" through two radio programs, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
For more details about Celina Rodriguez and her journalistic work visit the interview on the Instagram account of @peninsula360press.
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