PERSON: Priscilla Alvarez

Reporter

Priscilla Alvarez is a reporter for CNN, covering immigration politics and policy.<br> <br> Alvarez joined CNN in January 2019. Prior to CNN, she was a politics editor and writer at The Atlantic, where she covered the 2016 presidential election, the first years of the Trump administration, and U.S. immigration policy.<br> <br> Alvarez’s work has appeared in several other publications, including National Journal, where she was a fellow in 2015, and Washingtonian Magazine. She’s also appeared on The Lead with Jake Tapper, CBS This Morning, MSNBC, and NPR.<br> <br> Alvarez, who’s fluent in Spanish, grew up in Leesburg, Virginia, and briefly lived in Panama. She’s a graduate of Virginia Tech where she majored in journalism and world politics and policy.<br> <br> She currently works and resides in Washington, D.C., where she’s on the board of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists DC chapter.<br> <br> — cnn.com