Renata Cló joined The Republic in March 2021 as a news reporter.
She covers Scottsdale and the Northeast Valley with a focus on government accountability, equity and key issues in those communities.
A native of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cló comes from a family of engineers, but she decided to follow her own path.
She graduated with a degree in communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Brazil. She moved to the U.S. from Brazil in 2017 to work toward her master's degree in journalism. She earned a master's degree in mass communication in 2018 from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.