A newspaper reporter since 1987, Ms. Ojito has worked for The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald and for The New York Times. Her work has been included in many anthologies and she has received many awards for her writing, including a shared Pulitzer for national reporting in 2001 for a New York Times series of articles about race in America. Her first book, Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus was released in 2005. A translation, titled El Mañana, was published a year later. She continues to write for The New York Times and other publications from New York City.