Julie Schwietert Collazo

Introduction

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a bilingual journalist, editor and fact-checker who lives in Mexico City. She is also a travel advisor and former tour guide for EF Smithsonian. 

Experience

Julie has been an independent freelance writer, editor and fact-checker for 20 years, working for both traditional and digital media, as well as corporate and NGO clients. She is the contributing author to the guidebooks DK Mexico, DK Top 10 Mexico City, and DK Top 10 Cancún and Yucatán, and is the author of MOON New York State and MOON Hudson Valley and the Catskills. 

Selected publications

Books: The Book of Rosy (El libro de Rosy), published by HarperOne and HarperCollins Español and named by Kirkus as one of the best nonfiction books of 2020.  

Corporate clients have included: Bayer, Marriott, JPMorgan Chase. 

Nonprofit and NGO clients have included: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank.

Media clients have included: AFAR, Americas Quarterly, Audubon Magazine, DISCOVER, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Longreads, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Scientific American.

Education

Julie has a Master of Social Work degree from New York University and a Bachelor’s in English and Women’s Studies from Emory University.