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Rolando Otero is an American Photojournalist who worked for newspapers from coast to coast for over 30 years. He started at The Hartford Courant in 1987 then left in 1990 to go back to his hometown newspaper The Los Angeles Times. While at the Times one of the bigger stories he covered was the 1994 Northridge earthquake that was a magnitude 6.7-magnitude in January 17, 1994, in the San Fernando Valley region of the County of Los Angeles. Its epicenter was in Reseda, a neighborhood in the north-central area of the San Fernando Valley. Otero was part of the staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the historic quake.

In 1999 Otero then moved to Chicago to work as a photo editor at the Chicago Tribune. After three years he then moved to South Florida to work at the Sun Sentinel and helped guide the staff through some amazing stories from major hurricanes to Super Bowls and NBA Championships with the Miami Heat. The staff won Third Place for Best Use Of Photography in a Newspaper (circulation greater than 75,000) in 2006.

In 2018 he volunteered to leave the company when offered a severance package. Otero started working as a freelance photographer covering events, taking portraits and teaching photography one on one. He currently lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida with his wife, Annabel, of 35 years. Otero also served in the United States Navy as a Photomate from 1978 to 1982. He did a stint on the USS Kitty Hawk CV 63, an aircraft carrier, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado and finally at Naval Air Station Miramar. He left the Navy as Petty Officer Second Class Photomate.