Andrea Torres is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who joined Local 10 News in May 2013 as an assignment desk editor.
A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Andrea is a digital journalist.
While a student at Florida International University, where she received the FIU Journalism Spirit Award, she began an internship with The Miami Herald in 2004. During her nine years with the Herald, she served as a writer, reporter, news clerk, assistant producer and continuous news desk producer.
The Green Shade Awards recognized her writing in June 2012. She won a Suncoast Emmy Award for her role on "Sex Offenders: Live & Learn," an investigation that required her data analysis skills.
When she is not at the beach, you can find her reading, painting, sculpting, or taking pictures.
Médicos de la Asociación Médica Venezolano Americana pidieron al público el sábado que entregue donaciones de suministros médicos en un almacén ubicado en el noroeste del condado Miami-Dade.
Physicians with the Venezuelan American Medical Association asked the public on Saturday to drop off donations of medical supplies at a warehouse in northwestern Miami-Dade County.
German Leal, a 46-year-old father of three who enjoys fishing and golfing in South Florida, returned to his native Venezuela on Saturday. He had not visited in about 15 years.
The Pembroke Pines Police Department announced on Saturday that they are preparing for a collection drive on Tuesday to help victims of the recent earthquake in northern Venezuela.
Andrea Brito estuvo entre los donantes y voluntarios que trabajaron arduamente el viernes a pesar de su dolor tras los devastadores terremotos de magnitud 7.2 y 7.5 que sacudieron Venezuela.
El Proyecto DYNAMO ya tenía un equipo sobre el terreno listo para ayudar cuando los devastadores terremotos de magnitud 7.2 y 7.5 sacudieron la zona a última hora del miércoles.
As the need for emergency housing increased in northern Venezuela, Airbnb announced a new partnership with a nonprofit that has been active with South Florida’s Jewish community.
Supporters of the South Florida-based Bambi International Foundation reported that their operation in Caracas needed support as a crisis with vulnerable children was unfolding after two earthquakes struck northern Venezuela
Washington, D.C.-based Airlink, an aviation and logistics nonprofit organization, recently announced helping more than 25 charities to get aid to Venezuela after the earthquakes.
Venezuela’s disaster zone was closed to the public on Saturday morning, and witnesses reported on social media that law enforcement and the military were turning away donors and volunteers.
El Salvador was waiting for updates from their president after rescuers found a 15-year-old girl who was trapped under the rubble since the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday in Venezuela.
The Centro Comunitario Amor, Fe y Esperanza plans to host a collection drive on Saturday in northwestern Miami-Dade County to benefit the victims of the two earthquakes in Venezuela.
To help the earthquake victims in Venezuela, Miramar officials announced on Friday that they will be accepting disaster relief donations from the public at six drop-off locations “24/7″ through July 31.