Mandalit del Barco

Mandalit del Barco (Spanish pronunciation: [mandaˈlið ðel ˈβaɾko]) is an arts and culture reporter for NPR News (National Public Radio).

[2] Based at NPR West in Culver City, California, del Barco reports and produces stories about cultural topics.

She spent the year of 1999–2000 living and working in her native Peru as a Fulbright Fellow and on a fellowship with the Knight International Centre for Journalists.

Berkeley and writing for The Daily Californian, she earned her master's degree in journalism at Columbia University, where she wrote her masters thesis entitled "Breakdancers; Who Are They and Why are They Spinning On Their Heads?” She continued her career as a journalist for The Miami Herald and also spent time working for The Village Voice.

At its 2015 annual conference, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) presented Del Barco with the Ruben Salazar Award for Communications,[5] citing among her achievements, her "empowering young female journalists".