Itxy Quintanilla is an audio journalist and podcast producer based in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently a daily news producer at Crooked Media, where she produces the podcast What A Day. Prior to her current role, Itxy was a producer on the Spotify exclusive podcast ARCHETYPES hosted by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex — which won the People's Choice Award for pop podcast of 2022.

She was previously a podcast producer at OBB Sound, and before that, Itxy worked at NPR member station KPCC. There, she produced and directed the local news and culture show Take Two with A Martinez, who is now host of NPR’s Morning Edition.

While at KPCC, Itxy also produced live talk shows, newscasts, and reported stories and non-narrated features.

Itxy began her career in audio journalism as an intern at NPR in Washington D.C., and soon after, member station KCRW in Santa Barbara. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in art.

She enjoys telling nuanced and thoughtful stories through audio and writing.