Isa is a Peruvian-American journalist based in New York City. She graduated from Barnard College in May 2024 and served as the 147th Arts & Culture Editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator. Isa's reporting interests include culture, art, politics, and Latino interest stories. 

When she is not reporting, she likes to dance, write creatively, make jewelry out of metal wire, and try every free yoga trial she can get her hands on. Her creative writing appears in Quarto, Columbia's Undergraduate Literary Magazine, and 4x4 Magazine.

Her multimedia work has appeared in Al Jazeera English, NBC News, NBC Latino, Columbia Daily Spectator, Hawaii News Now, Hyperallergic, and Untapped New York. She is a member of the NAHJ, ONA, Dow Jones News Fund, and the 2024 POLITICO Journalism Institute. Her collegiate reporting earned a Mark of Excellence award from the Society of Professional Journalists.