Hola! I'm Lakendra, a freelance writer and editor based in San Antonio, Texas.

I write articles on all things surrounding the arts, including music, theater, television and film. But most of all, I have a passion for telling other people's stories and am looking to spread my journalistic wings beyond the Lone Star State.

From interviewing B.B. King and Joel Osteen to covering crime, food trucks and producing a weekly column, my years as a journalist have afforded me the opportunity to meet interesting people and write about them for a variety of South Texas publications, including Edible San Antonio Magazine, Latino Leaders Magazine, LOCAL Community News, The Texas Observer, San Antonio Christian Woman Magazine and most recently as the entertainment writer for the San Antonio Riverwalk Association's RIO Magazine.

I have garnered nearly 20 years of writing experience, starting as a general assignments reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, through which I subsequently received a fellowship to study journalism at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute in Nashville, Tenn., located on the campus of Vanderbilt University. Upon graduating from the program, I returned to the Caller-Times, where I later penned a popular weekly column called "Spiritual Matters," focusing on Christian living and the testimonies of people within the city known in Latin as the "Body of Christ."

In addition to writing about everyday people, my articles include feature celebrity interviews with notable Christian artists and pastors, as well as actors, authors and musicians from all walks within the entertainment industry. I also have book editing experience, having served as a principal book editor for self-published fiction and non-fiction authors.

When I'm not writing I enjoy listening to all kinds of music, watching movies, reading, going to the theater, British comedy, cooking, singing and travel.

Wanna know more? Contact Me. 

My CV is below.