Verónica Zaragovia
Health Care ReporterVerónica Zaragovia was born in Cali, Colombia, and grew up in South Florida. She’s been a lifelong WLRN listener and is proud to cover health care, as well as Surfside and Miami Beach politics for the station.
Verónica has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in journalism. For many years, Veronica lived out of a suitcase (or two) in New York City, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, D.C., San Antonio and Austin, where she worked as the statehouse and health care reporter with NPR member station KUT.
In 2016, she received a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship and moved to Germany’s capital city of Berlin where she lived for several years, working as a freelance reporter and radio instructor to American college students at the Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). In between that time, she also spent six months in Colombia, reporting on the peace treaty between the Colombian government and the former FARC guerrilla group, with the support of a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Verónica speaks English and Spanish fluently and can converse in French, German and Hebrew. She loves warm weather and friendly, diverse people, and that’s why Miami will always be home.
Contact Verónica at vzaragovia@wlrnnews.org
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A growing number of businesses, including a new one in South Florida, offer tattoos over entire body parts like a back or a leg, in one sitting of roughly eight hours. A client doesn't feel pain, but will need to pay a premium price for the service. -
"Toss the Tusk" events are where people can bring their unwanted ivory items to be properly disposed of. The illegal international ivory trade uses Miami-Dade County as a transit hub.
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Miami Beach commissioners voted unanimously on Thursday to fund homeless and domestic violence services in Miami-Dade County.
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U.S. gold medalist Twanisha "Tee Tee" Terry, who won gold in the 4x100m women's relay at the Paris Olympics, surprised students in an after-school program on Miami Beach. -
Two Miami-Dade organizations are teaming up to expand services for women, children and families affected by violence and abuse.
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Miami-Dade County employees could see paid parental leave double from six to 12 weeks under a recently proposed measure.
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Sen. Rick Scott to return to U.S. Senate following easy victory over Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-PowellRepublican incumbent Sen. Rick Scott will return to his U.S. Senate seat after defeating Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Tuesday night in an election that will secure the GOP's control of the Senate. -
Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Antonio Arzola ruled that the city commission had the authority to reject Referendum 8 and not accept the election outcome. -
The Florida Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics opposes Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, citing an increase in cases of emergency care among children since medical marijuana was approved in 2016. -
Miami Beach commissioners have cancelled a referendum question on the Nov. 5 ballot asking voters who live in the city if they approve a 1% tax on certain food and beverage sales to fund homeless and domestic violence services in Miami-Dade County. -
Anyone who got sick with COVID-19 during the summer wave in South Florida has some protection against a future infection, but not full protection against germs spreading in fall and winter. Infectious disease experts recommend what shots to get now. -
Miami-Dade County's 1% sales tax on food and beverages could change, with two municipalities voting on it next month.
