[1][2] She has reported for television and print news for the last 20 years, and has been producing and directing documentaries for PBS[3] and cable networks like Discovery Health [4] and the Hallmark Channel [5] since 2000.
She has traveled to more than a dozen countries across five continents, documenting everything from the trafficking of girls in Nepal to the reproductive rights of women in Ghana.
[9] Regardless of the medium, Santos's goal has remained the same: to shed light on the social injustices of the day.
In June 2015, she won a Telly Award in film/video in the social responsibility category [11] for her public television documentary No One Left Behind.
Over the years, Santos has appeared on National Public Radio, Unsolved Mysteries and other news outlets to defend her writings and weigh in on important current events.