Atena Sherry joined Knight Foundation in 2023 as officer of communications, bringing seven years of experience in multimedia journalism, strategic communications and project management.

She has worked with organizations including the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, Latino News Network, and Foreign Policy, producing events, podcasts and videos to amplify impact.

Her on-the-ground reporting on disasters, protests, elections, climate change and criminal investigations across Florida has appeared in New York Magazine, the Daily Beast, America Magazine and more. She has produced segments of documentaries for international outlets including BBC Earth, ARTE, RTS, NTR, ARTE, and RTBF, with a focus on climate change and sea-level rise.

Before journalism, she worked with local arts organizations like the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and founded a local poetry reading series and a Miami artist residency. She has been awarded poetry residencies by O, Miami Poetry Festival and the National Poetry Foundation.

Born in Hong Kong, Atena lived in Sweden and Washington, D.C., before moving to Miami in 2013.