Pino-Marina wrote for USA Today and the El Paso Times before joining washingtonpost.com as a reporter in 2000. She became a part of the Web site's multimedia department in 2003. In 2005 she became the first female video journalist to win multiple first place awards in the White House News Photographers Association's annual television contest. Pino-Marina graduated from North Carolina-Wilmington, double majoring in Spanish and English, and specializing in professional and creative writing. Convergence panel moderator, Mojos.