Alyssa Ramos
Multimedia ProducerAlyssa Ramos is a multimedia producer for WLRN’s Morning Edition.
She graduated May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Florida.
Her writing career began in front of her grandfather’s split-pea green typewriter where she crafted mysteries à la Nancy Drew. Eventually, she began to sharing the lives of real people.
As a Filipina American who grew up in rural Central Florida, she aligned her interests: covering communities of color in Southern spaces.
Alyssa is an advocate for local news after spending more than four years covering the heart of North Central Florida as a reporter and later on as TV20’s weekend producer in Gainesville.
She was also a fellow for the Asian American Journalist Association’s VOICES program, during which she traveled across the state to explore the Asian American diaspora’s relationship with agriculture.
In her spare time, you can catch her tending to her house plants, cooking random recipes, curating playlists on Spotify and long boarding – weather permitting, of course.
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A program offered by the Ryder Trauma Center teaches marine rescue officers about how to treat traumatic injuries that happen on or near the water to produce better health outcomes. -
The city of Miami gives off a rhythm and sound all its own. It comes from years of Caribbean and Latin American cultures tumbling into each other. Every April, during National Poetry Month, the O, Miami poetry festival uses poetry as a loudspeaker for what locals love about the city.
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Meteorologists expect there to be at least 19 named storms during the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season. This forecast could make it more difficult for flights going through Florida, especially if the planes don't have the proper equipment.
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In the coming-of-age film, life comes to a screeching halt when a South Florida high school student finds out he's been exposed to HIV on the eve of his graduation.
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After a two-year absence, the Ultra Music Festival is back in Miami once again, attracting thousands of electronic music fans from across the world. The return of Ultra also means a revival for some local businesses that cater to festival-goers.
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Cultural issues dominated Florida's 2022 legislative session. Speech in schools, corporate training programs, and other cultural issues received plenty of attention. What about critical issues in South Florida? Reforms to condo associations and home insurance went nowhere. Meanwhile, the region is seeing a crush of migrants this year and street drug deaths.
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Cultural issues dominated Florida's 2022 legislative session. Speech in schools, corporate training programs, and other cultural issues received plenty of attention. What about critical issues in South Florida? Reforms to condo associations and home insurance went nowhere. Meanwhile, the region is seeing a crush of migrants this year and street drug deaths.
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The National Weather Service teaches hundreds of people every year on how to identify specific weather events through its free storm spotting class.
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After March 8, Palm Beach County could see a slew of new faces in local positions of power.
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The Adrienne Arsht Center is turning 15 years old this year. To celebrate the milestone, 15-year-olds in the community are invited to take their quinceañera portraits at the center for free.
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South Florida college students will graduate into a volatile workforce — remote work, inflation, supply chain disruptions — and lots of resignations. It's also a good time to find jobs.
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Virtual learning shook up the way South Florida teachers ran their classrooms during the pandemic. One Broward County teacher found a way to connect with her students and her unconventional methods went viral on TikTok.
