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 uplifting marginalized voices that are often left out of mainstream narratives and digging into the inaccessible structures routinely affecting our communities. I have worked diligently at the institutional level in settings like newsrooms and the legal sector. And, directly with community members  from small businesses to local organizations.

For me,  community centered research, like reporting , drives critical local conversations that offer the basis for creating long lasting systemic change.