Hyacinth Empinado

Hyacinth Empinado, a multimedia producer, creates videos and animations for STAT. A biology graduate, Hyacinth worked as a lab technician before receiving her master’s degree in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia, where she filmed videos about malaria research in Ghana and interned at WUGA-TV. Her accolades include a Gold Award at the 2014 LabTV Tribeca Video Awards Contest and Best in Festival at the 2015 Ripple Effect Film Project. Hyacinth enjoys watching sitcoms and collecting rainbow-colored things.