Ms. Gereda is the Director and Vice President of El Periodico a prominent Guatemalan newspaper and the Guatemalan. She is also the head of the Investigative Journalism Team at this newspaper, the only one of its kind in Guatemala, and writes twice a week an opinion column in the editorial section of El Periódico. In 2004, she was recognized as an honorable citizen by Guatemalan President Oscar Berger and was called to partake in the National Council Against Corruption and to implement laws in favor of Transparency. She also holds a Ph.D in sociology at the University of Salamanca in Spain. She also holds a degree in literature from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and a degree in technical journalism from Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala. In 2006, she was appointed as Regional Vice President of the Free Press Commission under the Inter-American Press Society (SIP for its initials in Spanish). She has been a member of the Editorial Board of Director of the Centro Latinoamericano de Periodismo. Also, she is a representative for Journalists Without Frontiers, a France-based organization that aims to defend freedom of the press throughout the world Both are positions she has held since 1996. She is the President of Vital Voices chapter Guatemala, a preeminent non-governmental organization (NGO) in Washington that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe. She is also member of the board of directors in Guatemala of INCAE Business School in Costa Rica. Also, she teaches journalism at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala and moderates the Central American Leadership Initiative seminars, from the Aspen Institute. From 1993-1996 she was the Chief Editor of Politics at Diario Siglo Ventiuno (21st Century). Prior to that from 990-1992 she was Director of the woman´s magazine . She has taken various seminars on freedom of the press and ethics in journalism.