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Gabrielle Sierra is Director of Podcasting at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), overseeing the production of four shows. She is also the host of the Webby Award–winning "Why It Matters" podcast, connecting audiences to issues of foreign policy and international affairs.
Prior to CFR, Sierra spent over a decade working in arts and culture reporting, and has written for a number of publications including InStyle, Billboard, and Gothamist. She also held an editorial position with Facebook (Meta) for over two years. In 2023, she was selected for Poynter's Leadership Academy for Women in Media and chosen to represent US Hispanics in Germany by the German Embassy and Goethe Institute. As the first female and first Latina to host a show for CFR, as well as an ICAP Fellow, and co-chair for CFR’s Employee Resource Group on Diversity of Underrepresented Groups in the Workplace, a focus on DEI has been, and continues to be, part of Sierra’s mission as a leader.
Sierra earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Albany and received her master's from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
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