Lourdes "Lulu" Garcia-Navarro is an American journalist who is an Opinion Audio podcast host for The New York Times.

She was the host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday from 2017 to 2021, when she left NPR after 17 years at the network.

[3][9] She started her career as a freelance journalist for the BBC World Service and Voice of America, traveling to Cuba, Syria, Panama, and several European countries on assignment for the two organizations.

[10] Garcia-Navarro traveled to Iraq on assignment before the 2003 war and was among the few journalists that covered the invasion as a unilateral reporter.

[11] Garcia-Navarro joined National Public Radio in November 2004 as Mexico City bureau chief.

[citation needed] Garcia-Navarro's front-line reports made her among the most praised journalists covering the Arab Spring.