Laura Martinez, a Mexico City native, is a journalist and editor specializing in Spanish-language marketing, media and advertising. She is currently director of communications at Azul, an organization working with Latinos to conserve marine resources.

Martinez has lived and worked as a journalist in Mexico City, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and the United States. She created and launched Marketing y Medios, a trade publication, and the Spanish-language weekly edition of The Wall Street Journal. She blogs at Mi Blog es tu Blog.

Expertise: Hispanic-targeted media, Hispanic marketing, Hispanics in the U.S., Latin American pop culture, immigration, social media trends among Latinos, marine resources and conservation

Location: New York, N.Y.

Email: latinbeauty@gmail.com

Twitter: @miblogestublog

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