Esmy Jimenez

Esmy Jimenez is a senior reporter for The Boston Globe currently investigating the racial wealth gap in the region. Throughout her career she has reported from immigration detention centers and jails, in a bullet-proof vest and helmet during the 2020 protests for racial justice, and from apple orchards and Indigenous reservations covering wildfires, landslides, and even a massive farmworker wedding.

Jimenez spent her early career as a rural correspondent and joined the newspaper world in 2021 when she joined The Seattle Times as part of its inaugural team covering mental health. The team earned a Best of the West award for explanatory writing and in 2024 launched the nationally syndicated podcast Lost Patients. Jimenez has been a fellow with ProPublica’s Data Institute, The Maynard Institute, and NPR’s Next Generation Radio early-career program. She was the founder and past president of Periodistas Northwest, a new chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She is a proud first generation high school and college graduate. Before entering the world of journalism, Jimenez was (briefly) an Alaskan farmhand, state park aide, and barista.