# Yoani Sánchez Cordero

**Date of birth:** September 4, 1975

**Categories:** journalist, journalism, Writer

Yoani Sánchez Cordero (Havana, September 4, 1975) is a Cuban journalist and blogger, founder and director of the independent digital outlet 14ymedio, launched in May 2014. She first became widely known through her blog Generación Y.

She has received international awards for her reporting and is one of the most visible figures in Cuba's independent press.