Maria Fernanda Lauret is a multimedia producer and VR editor at AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera’s immersive and innovation studio.

She is a storyteller and everything it entails – an editor, camera woman, and a creative thinker behind immersive virtual reality documentaries and social 360° videos. Before joining AJ Contrast, she worked on 360 and short news videos, viewed by millions, at Huffpost RYOT in Los Angeles, US. Throughout her professional experience, Maria collaborated with other huge organizations, such as Samsung, Google, and Hulu.