Carolina Herrera is a multimedia visual storyteller based in New York City, focusing on migration and identity. Her work often centers on Latino families, with a special emphasis on children, while also turning inward to examine her own family history and generational trauma. Through a documentary lens, she weaves the personal with the political, highlighting overlooked narratives with empathy and depth.

Born in Buenos Aires to Peruvian parents, Herrera studied Graphic Design at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and photojournalism at the Asociación de Reporteros Gráficos de la República Argentina. She worked as a graphic designer at Lanzallamas and Sauce Median before transitioning into full-time visual storytelling.

In 2018, she began volunteering with animal rescue NGOs in Buenos Aires, photographing animals for adoption and documenting sterilization campaigns in underserved neighborhoods. In 2019, Herrera traveled to Kenya to volunteer at a rural school, working directly with children in the community. In 2021, she founded Amico, a studio specializing in animal photography, where she has created interspecies family portraits and commercial campaigns for pet-focused brands. That same year, she began contributing to OhMyDog magazine, portraying the bond between public figures and their pets.

In March 2024, Herrera volunteered with the NGO Hijos de la Luz in Varanasi, India, supporting their daily efforts to provide vulnerable children with essential resources and documenting their work on the ground.

Her personal projects include Querida Caro, a visual journal reflecting on her identity as the daughter of Peruvian migrants in Argentina, and Lagrimas de Rocío, which explores the unspoken grief of her grandmother Hilda after the loss of her daughter in 1972. She is currently working on A Long Road Home, a long-term documentary project following a Colombian family seeking asylum in New York City, produced as part of the One-Year Certificate Program in Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism at the International Center of Photography, where she holds the Director’s Fellowship.

Deeply sensitive and quietly optimistic, Herrera embraces the human complexity behind every story — including her own.