Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos

Mariel Fiori is a recipient of the Humanitarian Award of the NAACP and Woman of the Year award of the AAUW. She is co-founder and managing editor of La Voz magazine, a monthly Spanish language publication housed at Bard College, serving the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Catskill region. Mariel is a member of the board of director of Radio Kingston.

Antonio Flores-Lobos, is a nationally awarded journalist and the former editor of Las Noticias, a weekly Spanish language newspaper that served the Hudson Valley and was published by the Daily Freeman from 2004 to 2013.

“As journalists and as immigrants we have stepped up to the great responsibility of informing and educating the members of our community, knowing that well-informed citizens make better decisions about their government, and about their lives. This compassionate responsibility also benefits our diverse society while strengthening our democratic institutions, one person and one town at a time.”

La Voz is a two-hour Spanish language show airing Monday to Friday from 10 am to noon.