Rodrigo Pérez Ortega is a journalist specializing in science, health and the environment. After completing his degree at the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Biomedical Research with a specialization in neurosciences, he began his column “Sinapsis” in TecReview magazine. In 2016, he joined the founding team of Medscape en Español as Mexican correspondent and later, editor. In 2017, he was elected fellow of The Open Notebook, a specialized resource publication for scientific and environmental journalists. His work has appeared in The New York Times en Español, The Washington Post, Nature, Science, Science News, Knowable Magazine, The San Jose Mercury News, Inside Science, ¿Cómo ves?, and Hábitat Ciencia, among others. Read some of Rodrigo’s fellowship work:

• Kids seeking asylum find some measure of it in one makeshift school (Spanish version here) (The New York Times | August 18, 2020)

• Health care workers seek to flatten COVID-19’s ‘second curve’—their rising mental anguish (Science Magazine, republished by Pulitzer Center | April 22, 2020)

• Under-diagnosed and under-treated, girls with ADHD face distinct risks (Knowable Magazine, republished from Discover Magazine | April 17, 2020)