Ramona Giwargis is the co-founder and CEO of San José Spotlight, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom serving Silicon Valley. She's a news leader with more than a decade of experience covering politics and government, working across Northern California and Nevada before returning to her hometown of San Jose. She is passionate about investigative and watchdog journalism that searches for truth, exposes wrongdoing and sheds light on injustice. An Assyrian immigrant, Ramona cares deeply about telling the stories of minority and underserved communities.