Olga Jaramillo, born in Colombia, is an independent visual storyteller based in the Washington D.C., metropolitan area. With a background in economics, she transitioned into photography, bringing her social awareness and experience in Latin American socioeconomic development into her visual work.

Through photography, short films, and text, she explores the intricate relationships between identity, culture, and migration. Olga’s most recent work focuses on the intergenerational impact of migration on the families of migrant mothers from Central America.

She holds a master’s degree in New Media Photojournalism from the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a master’s degree in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, a diploma in Economics from Birkbeck University, London, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad del Valle, Colombia.

Her multimedia documentary project “Dos Mundos,” begun in 2019, was awarded the Women Photojournalists of Washington’s inaugural Butterfly Grant in 2024.