Angie Orellana Hernandez is a 2023-24 reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She previously worked at The Times in 2021 as an arts and entertainment intern. She graduated from USC, where she combined her passions for news media and Latin American culture by studying journalism and Spanish. While at USC, she got her start in journalism at the Daily Trojan. Prior to joining The Times, she covered entertainment, as well as human interest, legal and crime stories at E! News. Her writing can also be found in USA Today, the Boston Globe, CNN and KCRA3. She was born in Guatemala and raised in Sacramento. Outside of work, she can be found at movie theaters.
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