Monica Lozano: Bringing Spanish Dailies to America

Monica Lozano is an American journalist and newspaper publisher. She is the CEO of both La Opinion and its parent company ImpreMedia. Lozano is also a public servant, having been appointed into the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board of the Obama government and the Commission on the 21st Century Economy of Governor Schwarzenegger.

Lozano was born to Mexican-American parents. Her parental grandfather owned La Prensa, one of the first and largest Spanish publications in the US. Every day, La Prensa distributes copies of the publication in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Later, Lozano’s grandfather founded La Opinion.

At the time when discussing the issue of AIDS was a taboo, Lozano, who was already with La Opinion, fought fear and prejudice to address the issue. Lozano acted as the overseer of proactive political journalism. Among those Lozano interviewed for La Opinion were US Senator Barbara Boxer and California Governor Pete Wilson.

Today, La Opinion remains the largest Spanish publication circulated in the US.