Omar Rivera is a multimedia content producer based in Hillsboro, Oregon. Since he joined the broadcast journalism class during his junior year at Century high school, Omar has dedicated his professional career to perfecting his craft in video storytelling. Over the years, his work demonstrates his passion for telling stories of marginalized populations—such as the Latinx, visually disabled, and LGBTQ+ communities. In his current full-time role as a multimedia specialist in the K-12 public school system, Omar regularly empowers, educates, and engages his local community through digital and print media.
Omar has his bachelor of arts in communication studies & film from Portland State University and a master of science in multimedia journalism from the University of Oregon.