Grace Berry is a multimedia journalist and graduate student at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has an international background and a desire to contribute to solving global, interconnected issues through solutions journalism and constructive storytelling. Grace is pursuing a career as an international correspondent. Having obtained a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from El Instituto de Empresa (IE University), she plans to use this knowledge of global systems and dynamics to enrich her reporting on immigration policy, national politics, local culture and conflicts. 

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    Grace had her first international experience when she traveled to Panama for a Spanish immersion program in 2018. The wealth disparity between the Panamanians living in the slums versus the high-rise apartments in Panama City opened her eyes to the urgent need to solve social issues. This trip transformed her view of the world, lighting a fire within her to tell the stories of marginalized individuals, and do so in a way that highlights methods for viable reform of oppressive global systems. Since then, she has lived and studied abroad in Madrid, Spain, and Leeds, England. Her time living outside of the United States has shaped her into a resilient, perpetual learner who can communicate with a diverse range of individuals and adapt to cultures foreign to her own.