Marielba Núñez

Venezuelan journalist and writer with a master’s degree in the Science of Communication from University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), Marielba Núñez specializes in science and health reporting. Her investigative work focuses on forced migration, environmental devastation, and the displacement of Indigenous cultures—all driven by government corruption and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. Her lived experience with censorship and her exploration of multidisciplinary documentary poetry opened her to the transformative power of healing arts. Marielba joined the University of Michigan Carillon Studio (2019–2020), collaborating with Dr. Ruiter-Feenstra to contribute three powerful stories of forced migration from Venezuela: “La Boca del Dragón,” “Llanto de Tepuyes,” and “Caminantes.”

“These stories need to be told because Venezuela is in the midst of an humanitarian emergency. Due to the authoritarian government, journalists are persecuted and censored when they try to tell these stories. Looking for new forms to tell these stories is a way to fight against censorship. Also, some stories are too difficult to tell only in words or in the traditional formats of journalism. Via Healing Bells, we can now find a way to tell these stories in different formats and also put together journalism and art.”