Mávila Huertas


Mávila Milagros Huertas Centurión is a Peruvian journalist, writer, actress, and radio and television presenter.

Biography

The daughter of José Huertas and Amarilis Centurión, Mávila studied communication sciences at the University of Lima. She later contributed to the magazine Somos and was the main editor of the magazine Intercambio.
In 1992, Huertas began to work as an investigative reporter for several television channels. She put together the journalistic team of Contrapunto on Latina Televisión and later worked under the direction of on the program La Clave. She was in charge of producing reports for ' and Primera Edición on América Televisión.
On Panamericana Televisión, Huertas hosted the programs ' and Reportajes, as well as presenting the news show ' on ATV.
For several years she taught journalism at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
In 2001 she won the third National Journalism Competition in the category of Best Television Report for "Milagro en Sonene", about Taricaya turtle conservation efforts in native communities in the Peruvian jungle.
In 2003 she participated as an actress in the Argentine feature film ', alongside, Carlos Alcántara,, and. She also acted in the short film Desaparecida.
Later she headed the central edition of the news program on América Televisión. As an announcer, she briefly hosted the news show Hoy por Hoy on CPN Radio.
In 2009, she published the book Los Reyes del Mambo: diez historias para entender el éxito en el Perú.
Huertas married producer Roberto Reátegui in December 2009. They divorced in May 2013.
In 2011 she wrote and directed the documentary Machu Picchu, la joya del emperador.
In 2012 she wrote and directed her second documentary, Amazonas, la ruta indomable.
In mid-2013 Huertas shot Frontera azul, mar peruano, completing the documentary trilogy.

Television work

Presenter