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 baking sweet treats, mastering her crow pose in yoga or curating playlists on Spotify.
Contact Alyssa at aramos@wlrnnews.org
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We're joined by Afrofuturism scholar Julian Chambliss. He co-curated the "Afrofantastic" exhibit at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale.
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We're joined by Afrofuturism scholar Julian Chambliss. He co-curated the "Afrofantastic" exhibit at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale.
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Maya Parizer, a young Israeli-American woman, told her story on a visit to Florida International University last week. She wants the more than 250 people taken hostage released. The attack at the Supernova Festival that started the current conflict took place on Oct. 7.
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Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.
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Tony Laurencio and Cuci Amador are the founders of Afrobeta — they embody a Miami sound. They star in the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Birthright," about their trip to play in Cuba. They join us to talk about that controversial trip and what it taught them about themselves.
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Karen Ota-O’Brien co-founded the Florida Women’s Hockey League more than 20 years ago and started South Florida's Lucky Pucks, a club for women and girls of all ages. Last season their teams swept the state championships, with the over-40s winning the national championship.
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Tameka Hobbs manages the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Sistrunk — Fort Lauderdale's historically Black neighborhood. They partnered with the Black History Project to start a Black History Saturday School in Broward County.
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This year's heat has been a wakeup call about the tangible impacts of climate change, as people in South Florida find new ways to deal with the extreme conditions.
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A government shutdown could disrupt federal programs and federal employees like TSA agents in South Florida who are forced to work without pay.
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Karen Ota-O'Brien is the founder of the Fort Lauderdale-based Lucky Pucks, a women's ice hockey club made of girls and women of all ages. This year, she's getting recognition for her decades-long work in bringing women's hockey to South Florida.
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Waste management is a crisis topic in Miami-Dade these days. Why do Broward and Palm Beach perform better at recycling, and how can the county follow their lead?
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After some reversals and confusion amid a dustup between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the College Board, South Florida school districts are now offering Advanced Placement psychology courses.