Damian Trujillo

South Bay native Damian Trujillo is an NBC Bay Area news reporter and  the producer of the long-running weekly program Comunidad Del Valle.

Damian has been honored with awards from the Associated Press, the Radio and Television News Director's Association (RTNDA), and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Damian was named "2004 Reporter of the Year" by the Associated Press Television and Radio Association for California and Nevada and has been nominated for Emmy Awards five times. In 2011, Damian received the “Si Se Puede Award” from the Chavez Family Vision for giving a voice to the farmworker and underrepresented communities.

Damian grew up in Greenfield, about 2 hours south of San Francisco on Highway 101. While in high school, Damian worked in the agricultural fields of the Salinas Valley with his family to help make ends meet.

As a former farm worker, Damian now honors his first job on the Cesar Chavez Holiday. Every March 31, Damian’s family hosts family, friends, and students, making sack lunches at the Trujillo home, and distributing them to roughly 250 farm workers in the South Bay. It’s his way of saying “thank-you“ to farm workers for their tireless work.

Each year, the Trujillo family awards a college scholarship to the son or daughter of a farm worker in Greenfield.

In his spare time, Damian enjoys golf and volunteering with school children.
Damian is Married to his wife Monica. They have a daughter, Malyna, and twins, Isela and Michael Damian.