Adriana Teresa Letorney is a journalist, founder and filmmaker. She co-founded Visura.co, a creator platform for visual journalists and storytellers to connect and license their images and videos directly to buyers. Adriana is also the co-founder of Scout Film Festival, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that celebrates and supports filmmakers and visual storytellers aged 24 and under.

Adriana is an alumnus of Techstars ('22), Comcast NBCUniversal Lift Labs Accelerator ('22), American Public Media's Next Challenge Program (2021), NYU's Accelerator Series (2021), and AAJA's Catalyst Entrepreneurship Program for Founders of Color (2020).

She is an Alexia Fellow at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (2023), a Mark & Debra Leslie Fellow (2022), an NYU Female Founder Fellow (2021), and a Founder in Residence at NYU's Entrepreneurial Institute (2021-2023).

Adriana holds a Master's Degree in Journalism from NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism (2021), a BFA in Photography from The School of Visual Arts in NYC (2007), and a B.A. in Anthropology from The University of Puerto Rico (2001). She has been mentored by Michael Palmer (Winslow Capital), James Watson (Presidio Partners), Jeff Levick (Spotify, Google), Bharat Krish (Time Digital), and Whitney C. Johnson (National Geographic, New Yorker).

Her career and work at Visura have been featured in numerous publications, including CNN, Comcast NBCUniversal, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, Seven Days, PDN, NY Daily News, SVA, aPhotoEditor, and The Daring Magazine.

As a writer, she has contributed to numerous publications, including The New York Times and Huffington Post. She has served as a juror, reviewer, or member of a nomination or selection committee for numerous organizations, including the Alexia Grant at the Newhouse School at the University of Syracuse, the 2024 International Center of Photography Infinity Awards, the 2022 Arnold Newman Prize, 2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Prix Pictet (2016-present), 2019 CPOY, The New York Times Portfolio Review (2011-present), Northern Course Short, New York Photo Awards, The Google Photography Prize, amongst many others.

Adriana has been a panelist and guest lecturer at the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, Columbia University School of Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism, The S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Photo Plus Expo, The School of Visual Arts, and The New School in NY—amongst others.