Octavio Blanco is a multimedia journalist and executive producer/co-host of Uptown Voices podcast with Led Black. He's covered consumer news, immigration, business, and Latin@ issues at CNN and Consumer Reports. A Tow-Knight Fellow in Entrepreneurial Journalism, he founded Livin' Americana Communications in 2016. Former NAHJ NYC Chapter President. Syracuse grad. Fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian. Lives in Washington Heights, NYC.