Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento is an assistant producer with Weekend Edition.
She joined the team during the last rotation of her Kroc Fellowship in 2020 and never left. Since falling in love with radio, she's produced segments about vaccine outreach in Latino communities, the future of abortion access in a post-Roe landscape and the significance of a few classic albums on their 50th anniversaries. Gomez Sarmiento also coordinates Weekend Edition's music coverage and makes occasional appearances on Alt.Latino.
Before coming to NPR, she wrote about culture, gender, and immigration for outlets including Teen Vogue, CNN, Remezcla, and more. When she's not pitching homages to iconic cartoon characters, she can be found biking around Washington, D.C., or fawning over her cat, Ricky Ricardo.
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The former Hollywood producer is on trial for sex crimes in New York — again. Here are the allegations and proceedings that have led to this. -
Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some artists are trying to figure out how to proceed. One musician emailed the interim director, Richard Grenell. He responded. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with movie critic Bob Mondello and culture reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento about movies they've loved over the years, from childhood into adulthood.
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The Buena Vista Social Club were artists who'd been all but lost to the world after the Cuban Revolution -- until they united for a 1997 album. Now, their unlikely story takes a new stage: Broadway.
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President Trump signed an executive order last week aimed at "restoring truth and sanity to American history" through an overhaul of the Smithsonian Institution and historical sites around the U.S.
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The President's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" calls on the Department of the Interior to ensure that any monuments, statues or memorials under its jurisdiction "do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times)." -
President Trump toured the Kennedy Center today and presided over its board meeting. He expressed deep dissatisfaction with the current state of the performing arts center. -
The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment. -
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis. -
