Leysi Rubio

Co-founder & Communication Manager

Leysi Rubio is a Cuban journalist, passionate about sound storytelling (podcasts, community radio, etc.) In 2020, she co-founded the International Forum “Our City, Our Space”.

Leysi Rubio is a Cuban journalist, passionate about sound storytelling (podcasts, community radio, etc.) In 2020, she co-founded the International Forum “Our City, Our Space” alongside Gabriela García Portuondo. She graduated from her Masters in International Multimedia Journalism at the University of Kent in 2019. In 2018, she was awarded with the Chevening Scholarships from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She has worked in several online and broadcast media, as well as in the community “Kcho Estudio Romerillo, Lab for Art”.In 2015, she created an experimental community radio called Radio Romerillo and the cultural newsletter Blanco y Negro.