I'm Amaya Verde

I pitched and reported this story after asking myself: how often was I reaching for my phone, and what was it doing to my focus? I spoke with researchers, contacted YouGov, who ran a tailored survey on American phone habits, and collected real usage data from high-frequency users to build Amy, a composite character reflecting actual behavior.

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Writing • Graphics • Design

I proposed and reported this story. From the first strikes, I began tracking counts and found data on confirmed locations, filtering the specific attacks and verifying the source methodology along the way. I used color coding to separate Caribbean from Pacific strikes, since news coverage focused almost entirely on Venezuela while many attacks were actually occurring in the Pacific.

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Writing • Graphics

I worked on this visual analysis, outlining the story structure early in the reporting process and translating open-source satellite imagery analysis into a custom scrollytelling experience that connected the visual evidence to the wider narrative. The story led the homepage and earned A1 print placement, a case where graphics drove the reporting.

Visual Story • Concept • Satellite Imagery Analysis • Maps • Graphics

I pitched, reported and wrote this story, consulting with sources and building my own database from scratch, cross-referencing Cabinet records from the Senate, academic centers and presidential archives. The rigorous verification process covered every Cabinet-level position across administrations before I analyzed and visualized the results.

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Writing • Data Analysis • Graphics

I pitched, co-reported and designed this visual interactive story. My concept: break down a nearly $3 trillion budget into a single $100 bill, then let readers allocate their own dollars before seeing how Congress actually spends them.

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Graphics • Information Design

★ Society for News Design (SND) award

I pitched, co-wrote and designed this data-driven visual story tracking three decades of change in the undocumented immigrant population in the U.S., handling concept, graphics, and animation to make a complex, politically sensitive dataset accessible and compelling.

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Writing • Design • Graphics

I conceived and designed this visual story on vaping among American youth. The opening was a deliberate creative choice: starting from the sleek, "cool" image the product projects, then using scroll to take the reader inside the device and reveal what it actually contains. I handled research, 3D modeling, and graphics throughout.

Visual Story • Concept • Research • Graphics • 3D

★ Society for News Design (SND) award

I designed this data-driven visual story on the growing threat of extreme heat in the U.S., with a specific focus on the disproportionate exposure of Hispanics. From the data in a report, I came up with the idea of a scroll experience over the map to visualize how heat exposure would evolve over time, and a small interactive that lets readers check their own local data across different climate action scenarios.

Concept • Data Analysis • Maps • Graphics

I approached the design of this human-centered memorial with great care and delicacy, handling concept, information design, data work, and graphics. The structure was designed to honor individual lives while conveying the scale of loss.

Concept • Information Design • Data Visualization • Graphics

I created an original scrollytelling narrative structure to visualize a population decline of historic proportions, handling data search, analysis, concept, graphics, and information design.

Visual Story • Concept • Data Analysis • Graphics • Information Design

I helped design a visual model that translated policy volatility into clarity, collaborating on interface prototyping, creating custom icons, designing the homepage animation, and updating the data as events evolved.

Visual Story • Concept • Data Visualization • Information Design

I worked on this story gathering and analyzing the data, building graphics that clarified the scope of Trump’s tariff policy on E.U. goods, the industries most at stake, and the impact on U.S. importers and consumers.

Visual Story • Graphics • Data Visualization

I collaborated on the interface design, proposing a grid of GIFs to track the election through the smoke signals, an original visual system that offered instant clarity. I also handled live updates and created the pope names graphic, which was later reused in related coverage.

Visual Story • Reporting • Graphics

In the lead-up to the conclave, I reported and wrote this story, interviewing an expert, handling the data, and working on the graphics charting where the new pope stands among modern predecessors.

Graphics • Reporting • Writing • Data Visualization

I proposed this visual story from a unique angle: differentiating Trump’s legal exposure across his three roles as president, businessman, and citizen. I designed the information architecture and an interactive agenda that surfaced upcoming events and removed them as they passed.

Pitch • Concept • Information Design • Visual Storytelling

★ Society for News Design (SND) award

I wrote and designed the interface for this story, putting Harris and Trump face to face in a distinctive layout that brought polling data to life through its protagonists, using each party’s political colors and a live countdown to election day to give the data a real-time pulse.

Visual Story • Concept • Writing • Design

I proposed this breaking news story and outlined the narrative structure of an event that unfolded overnight in the U.S., working on the graphics to have it published by the American morning.

Visual Story • Concept • Reporting • Graphics

The value of homes in the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years, triggering an unprecedented housing appreciation, where demand far exceeds the available supply

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Writing • Graphics • Design

You might be surprised by the result of this mini-survey: compare your opinions with those of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to see which one aligns with you more

Concept • Information Design • UX

Aerial images depict the effects of Israeli airstrikes on buildings in the Gaza Strip, providing a before-and-after view of the situation

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Maps • Reporting

The war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with more than 24,000 dead, Israelis kidnapped, and countless material damages, has unleashed old and new tensions throughout the region

Visual Story • Concept • Maps

The storm crossed Florida after making landfall last night near Siesta Key as a category 3 hurricane.

Concept • Information Design • Reporting • Writing

Get ready for an approaching hurricane with these essential steps to keep yourself and your loved ones safe

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Writing • Design • UX

These are the key dates and events that will determine the Democratic and Republican candidates who will compete for the White House in November

Concept • Information Design

We explore diplomatic talks between Spanish and U.S. leaders: from Suárez and Carter to Sánchez and Biden

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Reporting • Data Analysis • Graphics

A graphical summary of legislative modifications and the cases in which penalties are reduced or extended

Visual Story • Concept • Pitch • Graphics

Led the concept, design and production of this user-centered vaccination website launched in December 2020. Rather than following typical government website conventions, the site opened with a data visualization answering the question every citizen had: "When will I be vaccinated?" I collaborated with a CSIC biologist to create infographics explaining vaccine mechanisms, ensuring comprehensibility across devices and different levels of health literacy. The site became a key public communication tool during Spain’s vaccination rollout.

Project Management • User-Centered Design • Concept • Editing • Graphics

Led the comprehensive redesign of lamoncloa.gob.es, the official website of the President of the Government of Spain, with a focus on citizen needs and communication clarity. The project addressed brand consistency, typography hierarchy, and content legibility across devices. Key improvements included a new press conference format allowing users to navigate by speaker and timestamp, and a dynamic ministerial agenda with photographs and names, bringing transparency and accessibility to the most visible government platform in Spain.

Project Management • User-Centered Design • Innovative formats • Branding • Typography

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Led the design and implementation of a unified header system across all Spanish ministry websites, addressing brand inconsistency and poor mobile legibility throughout Spain’s public administration. I created design guidelines and provided implementation support and quality checks to ensure every ministry adopted the new standards correctly.

Project Management • Design guidelines • Implementation support • Quality assurance

Led the concept and design of this portal presenting Spain’s €140 billion European recovery strategy. The site featured hierarchical navigation explaining 10 policy areas and 30 components, plus a search assistant helping citizens and businesses identify funding opportunities from multiple government databases. The goal was to make one of the most complex policy frameworks of the decade legible and actionable for the general public.

Project Management • Concept • User-Centered Design • Editing • Graphics

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See through the polls who are the favorites for the presidential nomination among the Democrats

Interactive • Visual Storytelling • Graphics

Thousands of parents in the US follow the example of their favorite celebrities and they give their infants the same names they use for their children

Visual Story • Concept • Reporting • Data Analysis • Design • Graphics

★ ÑH Society for News Design (SND) award

Univision News analyzed attacks of this type since the Columbine massacre in 1999

Visual Story • Concept • Graphics

When it comes to criticizing Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren seemed to change strategy for the debate

Interactive • Concept • Data Analysis • Graphics • Design

Pacific Gas & Electric, California main electricity supplier, investigates a fault in one of its towers that may be linked to the Kincade fire

Visual Story • Concept • Research • Data Analysis • Graphics

See which candidate leads the polls today, how much money each one has raised and the amount of support they have received from other leaders of their party

Interactive • Concept • Graphics • Design

Univision News asked the 23 declared candidates for the presidency what actions they would take on immigration if they enter the White House in 2020

Interactive • Concept • Graphics • Design

After the first presidential debate Kamala Harris now stands as the current favorite among Hispanics eligible to vote in the primary elections

Data Analysis • Graphics

The temple was in the midst of repair work when a raging fire broke out for hours threatened to reduce the temple to ashes

Visual Story • Concept • Graphics

The singer was murdered, shot in the back, by a friend she was trying to help out

Visual Reconstruction • Concept • Design • Graphics • 3D

We had Meghan Markle try on some wedding dresses – who wouldn’t like to see that? Take a look at how the most famous designs of royalty fit on her

Concept • Research • Design

Style as Meghan was designed to empower consumers with verified insight into the Duchess of Sussex's wardrobe and styling choices

Product Design • Concept • Research • Database • Data Analysis • Graphics

The cabinet has no Hispanics, the biggest minority in the United States

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Data Analysis • Design

Discover the nationalities of the squad headed by German coach Jurgen Klinsmann. On the team, 17 of the 23 players have two passports

Concept • Research • Design

The challenge began when Tottenham midfielder, Dele Alli, made this curious gesture to celebrate a goal.

Concept • Pitch • Reporting • Graphics

'Despacito' is said in Mandarin 'Huan huan'. We show you how Luis Fonsi's song changed for China and other countries in the Asian market

Visual Story • Pitch • Concept • Design