More recently, she was a member of the Telemundo team that won an Emmy for the coverage of Pope Francis's visit to the Americas.

Born on February 10, 1964, in Cuba, Ojito was raised in the Santos Suárez neighborhood of Havana.

[2] She became known, primarily, for her coverage of Cuban detainees in federal penitentiaries and stories about human rights in Cuba.

In 1996, she started working in the Metro desk of The New York Times, where she covered immigration, among other beats.

She left the paper in January 2002 to write her first book and, four years later, started teaching at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she became known for her work on immigration.