Laura Antunez is the local government and development reporter for The Island Packet. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, she graduated from Florida International University with over 30 articles published in the school news paper PantherNOW, and the FIU news bureau, South Florida Media Network. Towards the end of her bachelor’s degree, she became interested in data journalism and went on to learn Python and Javascript. She used these skills during an internship with The Hechinger Report to build an interactive map and data visualization.