Naomi Prioleau

Reporter

Naomi Prioleau joined WUNC in January 2017 as the station's Greensboro Bureau reporter.

Naomi Prioleau joined WUNC in January 2017 as the station's Greensboro Bureau reporter.She moved from Tampa, Florida where she worked at NPR station WUSF 89.7 News covering everything from eight-hour-long transportation meetings to Afro-Latinas struggling to identify themselves.She began her journalism career as a teen reporter at the Kansas City Star. Her work has been published in The Tampa Tribune, the Florida Courier, the online magazine for the National Association of Black Journalists and the Marshall News Messenger in Texas.When she’s not reporting, Naomi spends her time cooking delicious vegan food, traveling, working out or reading.

Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im

What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?

January 29, 2021Every 30 Seconds

Political organizers in North Carolina are looking to Arizona and Georgia for inspiration on how to turn the state from red to blue in presidential elections moving forward.

Brayan Guevara identifies as Afro Latino. His family comes from Honduras.

‘I feel really good’: Afro Latino first-time voter looks forward to Biden administration

December 10, 2020Every 30 Seconds

Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.

This independent Afro Latino voter has decided on Biden

October 14, 2020Every 30 Seconds

Nodia Mena and her son, Brayan Guevara, talk about everything, but especially race and politics.

This Afro Latina says identity will always be important when she votes

August 25, 2020Every 30 Seconds

This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students

July 10, 2020Every 30 Seconds

Brayan Guevara, a 19-year-old college sophomore, at home in North Carolina.

How a trip to Honduras shaped one young US Afro Latino voter’s identity

May 12, 2020Every 30 Seconds

Brayan Guevara, a 19-year-old Afro Latino from Greensboro, North Carolina, had never visited Honduras, where many of his relatives live. His first trip there last summer made him proud of his heritage — and that’s shaping how he’ll vote in the US presidential election this November.

Brayan Guevara, a 19-year-old college sophomore, will vote for in his first presidential election this November.

This first-time Afro Latino voter is undecided. His biggest issue? Education.

March 10, 2020Every 30 Seconds

As an Afro Latino with roots in Honduras, Brayan Guevara straddles two groups whose votes candidates are fighting to capture: Latinos and blacks. He wants to make sure his voice is heard at the ballot box this November.