Thalia Juarez

Thalia Juarez (she/her) is a photojournalist and visual storyteller. She joined the Guardian as a Photo Editor in 2022 while freelancing, covering a diverse range of stories related to social issues and human rights.

Her recent original reporting visual project focused on the people behind a growing movement in environmentally burdened communities, suffering from poor air quality to install air quality sensors in their neighborhoods. In stories with reporting partners, she has exposed the dangers facing outdoor workers as temperatures reach record highs; how one indigenous nation is bringing toxic land back to life; and how communities are responding to and adapting to coastal erosion as the pace of sea-level rise increases. 

Thalia's work has been published in The Guardian, NPR, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Business Insider, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Baltimore Sun, among others. 

She has been selected as the Guardian's first Outrider photojournalism fellow. Over the last two years, she has collaborated closely with reporters and editors to pitch the visual approach to stories.

This year, she will continue to collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom to bring these urgent global stories to life.