HI THERE I'M,

Maria Fernanda

AND I LOVE CREATING MULTIMEDIA

ABOUT ME

MY NAME IS MARIA FERNANDA BARRIGA-MATEOS, AND I AM A MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL WHERE I STUDY MEDIA AND JOURNALISM. I GREW UP, NAVIGATING TO CULTURES, WHICH SHAVE MY UNDERSTANDING OF IDENTITY AND THE POWER IT HOLDS. MY PASSION FOR MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING BEGAN IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I JOINED A YEARBOOK. MANY VOICES WERE MISSING AND I KNEW I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE STORIES. I BELIEVE REPRESENTATION MATTERS NOT ONLY IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, BUT ALSO BEHIND THE SCENES AND MY GOAL IS TO BUILD A CAREER THAT CENTERS MEDIA REPRESENTATION IN ALL ITS FORMS.

Maria Fernanda is taking a picture.

MY WORK

Maria Fernanda is inerviewing a migrant in Tijuana, Mexico.
Maria Fernanda co-anchors for Carolina Ahora.
The UNC Carolina Latinx Center instagram page where Maria Fernanda does marketing content.
Maria Fernanda filming for a AMEXCAN reel as the Co-Communications chair.
Maria Fernanda works on code for her potfolio.

VIEW WORK

REPORTING +
MY SPRING SEMESTER OF 2025 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT OF MEJO390, CROSSING BORDERS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND JOURNALISM. WE TRAVELED TO TIJUANA, MEXICO, WHERE WE VISITED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AL OTRO LADO AND CONNECTED WITH REFUGEES, BORDER LAWYERS AND ACTIVISTS TO HEAR THEIR STORIES. I WROTE A STORY BEFORE AND AFTER RELATING TO IMMIGRATION AND PRESENTED ARTWORK AT EPILOGUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS TOLD STORY PIECE
BEARING WITNESS TO TRAUMA AS A JOURNALIST PIECE

ANCHORING +
MY FALL SEMESTER OF 2024 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF CAROLINA AHORA, A SPANGLISH NEWSCAST. I DID A SEGMENT CALLED ELEVANDO VOCES DOING FEATURES AND COVERED HARD NEWS. I PITCHED STORIES, WROTE SCRIPTS, AND EDITED MY VIDEOS AND THOUGHTS WHILE CONDUCTING LIVE INTERVIEWS.

MARKETING +
THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 2024 TO 2025, I WAS THE MARKETING STUDENT AMBASSADOR AT THE CAROLINA LATINX CENTER. I CREATED AND SHARED CONTENT RELATED TO THE CLC'S PROGRAMS, LATINX ORGANIZATIONS, AND MORE. I LED A SEGMENT CALLED LOS TAR HEELS DIJERON TO AMPLIFY THE COMMUNITY'S VOICES.

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR +
I SERVED AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR FOR NAHJ E-BOARD AND CO-COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR AMEXCAN. I CREATED CONTENT BY FILMING, EDITING, COPYWRITING, AND POSTING ABOUT THE EVENTS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

UI/UX PROJECT +
OVER THE SPRING SEMESTER OF 2025 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MEJO 187 INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND LEARN ABOUT WEB DEVELOPMENT. I GAINED A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC HTML, CSS, AND JAVASCRIPT. I BUILT THREE WEBSITES FROM SCRATCH. BELOW ARE LINKS TO TWO PROJECTS AS WELL AS MY CODED PORTFOLIO.

PROJECT 2: MATCHA
PROJECT 3: K-POP MUSIC

LET'S CHAT

910.274.8783
mariafernandabarrigamateos@gmail.com
Wilmington, NC & Chapel Hill, NC
Maria Fernanda speaking in class.