Eliana Lucena created the Fundación Lucianita Valeska —a foundation that collects supplies for cancer patients at the Doctor Agustín Zubillaga Children’s Hospital in Barquisimeto, state of Lara. She did so driven by a life-altering experience.
When I saw the first images of the Vargas tragedy in 1999 on a black-and-white TV set while in the Island of Toas, Zulia, I knew I wanted to become a journalist. Since 2006, journalism has allowed me to show an aspect of reality that escapes most people. #SemilleroDeNarradores [Seedbed of Storytellers].
