Pamela Avila is an evening entertainment editor at USA TODAY, helping oversee our breaking news and trending coverage across multiple beats. She also writes and reports on the Latinx community, and has a passion for highlighting books by authors of color. She has a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is based in Los Angeles. Before USA TODAY, she worked at E! News, Los Angeles Magazine, LAist, Mitú, HipLatina and more.