Biography
Toya is an Argentine freelance photojournalist based in Mexico City. She previously lived in Washington DC for four years, and has work published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Getty Images, Bloomberg, AFP, NPR, US News and World Report, among others. She has also done freelance editing for the AFP photo desk. She covers migration, humanitarian and women's issues around Central America. She speaks Spanish, English and French.
Education, awards and exhibits
-2021 “The Female Side of the Moon” exhibit, Galerie Z22, Berlin.
-2020 National Geographic COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
-2019 Focus on the Story exhibit, Washington, DC.
-2019 Annual WPOW exhibit, Washington, DC.
-2017 Missouri Photo Workshop Randy Cox award.
-2017 Steven Szabo Memorial Award in Photojournalism.
-2017 BFA in Photojournalism, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
-2017 NEXT Thesis Exhibition, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.
-2016 NPPA Michel du Cille Memorial Scholarship.
-2016 Myra Miller Groobert Memorial Scholarship Award in Photojournalism.
-2015 Eddie Adams Workshop.
-2015 "Trading Futures" exhibit at Artist's Proof Gallery, Washington, DC.