About Me

Welcome to my portfolio! My name is Annika Chaves,  a Colombian-American journalist with a passion for making complex systems, particularly those in government and policy, more digestible through storytelling.

As a Boston University COM'25 Alum, my background in journalism and anthropology has grounded my work in making local communication a priority, where community voices  are heard and streamlined ethically toward global social change. I have worked diligently at the institutional level in settings like Newsrooms and Law firms. And, directly with community members  from small businesses to NGO's.

I'm particularly passionate about bridging short form storytelling with Social Policy sectors in Health and Education. 

Beyond academia, I am an avid bodybuilder, piano player and enjoy designing nail sets!