Mávila Huertas

Mávila Milagros Huertas Centurión (born 24 December 1970) is a Peruvian journalist, writer, actress, and radio and television presenter.

Mávila Huertas
Huertas in 2015
Born
Mávila Milagros Huertas Centurión

(1970-12-24) 24 December 1970
Arequipa, Peru
Alma materUniversity of Lima
OccupationJournalist, writer, actress, radio and television presenter
Years active1992 – present
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse(s)Roberto Reátegui (2009–2013)

Biography

The daughter of José Huertas and Amarilis Centurión, Mávila studied communication sciences at the University of Lima. She later contributed to the magazine Somos and was the main editor of the magazine Intercambio.

In 1992, Huertas began to work as an investigative reporter for several television channels. She put together the journalistic team of Contrapunto on Latina Televisión and later worked under the direction of César Hildebrandt on the program La Clave. She was in charge of producing reports for América Noticias and Primera Edición on América Televisión.

On Panamericana Televisión, Huertas hosted the programs Buenos Días, Perú and Reportajes, as well as presenting the news show ATV Noticias on ATV.

For several years she taught journalism at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.

In 2001 she won the third National Journalism Competition in the category of Best Television Report for "Milagro en Sonene", about Taricaya turtle conservation efforts in native communities in the Peruvian jungle.[1]

In 2003 she participated as an actress in the Argentine feature film Ojos que no ven, alongside Patricia Pereyra, Carlos Alcántara, Gustavo Bueno, and Gianfranco Brero. She also acted in the short film Desaparecida.

Later she headed the central edition of the news program América Noticias on América Televisión.[2] As an announcer, she briefly hosted the news show Hoy por Hoy on CPN Radio.

In 2009, she published the book Los Reyes del Mambo: diez historias para entender el éxito en el Perú (The Kings of Mambo: Ten Stories to Understand Success in Peru).[3]

Huertas married producer Roberto Reátegui in December 2009.[4] They divorced in May 2013.[5]

In 2011 she wrote and directed the documentary Machu Picchu, la joya del emperador (Machu Picchu, The Jewel of the Emperor).[6][7]

In 2012 she wrote and directed her second documentary, Amazonas, la ruta indomable (Amazonas, the Indomitable Route).[8]

In mid-2013 Huertas shot Frontera azul, mar peruano (Blue Border, Peruvian Sea), completing the documentary trilogy.

Television work

Presenter

Reporter
  • La Clave
  • Contrapunto

References
  1. "Telefónica del Perú convoca III Concurso Nacional de Periodismo" [Telefónica of Peru Announces the Third National Journalism Competition]. Terra (in Spanish). 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. Arana, Renato (7 August 2012). "Mávila Huertas: 'El día que veten una noticia, me voy'" [Mávila Huertas: 'The day they veto a story, I'm leaving']. La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. Liberman, Leonardo; Garcilazo, Sergio; Stal, Eva, eds. (2 December 2014). Multinationals in Latin America: Case Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 163. ISBN 9781137024114. Retrieved 1 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. Mendoza, Karina (26 December 2009). "Mávila Huertas pasó a la fila de las casadas" [Mávila Huertas Joins the Ranks of the Married]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. "Mávila Huertas anunció que se divorcia de Roberto Reátegui" [Mávila Huertas Announced That She is Divorced From Roberto Reátegui]. La República (in Spanish). 2 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. "Mañana se estrena filme 'Machu Picchu: la joya del emperador'" [The film 'Machu Picchu, The Jewel of the Emperor' Opens Tomorrow]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 2 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. "Mávila Huertas regresa al Cusco por documental" [Mávila Huertas Returns to Cusco for Documentary]. La República (in Spanish). 18 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. del Águila, Sonia (6 August 2012). "Mávila Huertas: 'Me sentí Indiana Jones grabando "Amazonas, la ruta indomable"'" [Mávila Huertas: 'I felt like Indiana Jones filming "Amazonas, la ruta indomable"']. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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