Mariana Alfaro

Washington, D.C.

Reporter on the breaking political news team

Education: Northwestern University, BS in Journalism; Northwestern University, MS in Journalism

Mariana Alfaro is a reporter for The Washington Post's breaking political news team. Previously, she co-anchored Post Politics Now. Mariana joined The Post in 2019 as a researcher for the Daily 202. Before that, she interned at the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Insider and The Texas Tribune. A native of San Salvador, Mariana graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School.
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Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump observes a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns at the Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26 in Arlington, Va.

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