Ruby de Luna
ReporterYear started with KUOW: 1994
Ruby de Luna is a features reporter at KUOW. She had originally planned to go into TV, but ditched the idea after discovering public radio. Ruby has reported on immigrant communities. She currently covers health care issues.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a BA in communication from Seattle Pacific University.
In the age of computer/digital audio editing, Ruby is proud to be one of the few old–schoolers who can still edit tape with a razor blade. In her free time she practices her knife skills on new recipes.
To see more of Ruby's KUOW portfolio, visit our current site.
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We all know that cancer screenings are important, but it doesn’t mean they always get done. For some Latina women, a conversation with a peer can nudge…
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Vice President Joe Biden urged scientists to collaborate to help speed up the process to cure cancer. Biden was in Seattle Monday. He toured a lab at the… -
It was moving day Tuesday at Othello Village tent city in southeast Seattle. But there were no moving boxes or vans in sight. The new residents arrived… -
When it comes to providing care for people with mental illness, Washington ranks in the bottom five in the country.The state has one of the highest… -
Wanda Williams was the first to arrive at the safe lot on Friday. Her recreational vehicle, or RV, was right behind her, being towed into a lot in… -
At the Greenwood Senior Center in Seattle, about two dozen older adults are gathered around a large table.There’s homemade bread being passed around, and… -
Washingtonians born between 2012 and 2014 are expected to live, on average, to 80 years old.But where you live in Washington state could indicate if you… -
Dying patients in hospice and nursing homes aren’t always getting the care they need during the last days of their lives.That’s according to a study… -
In the future, mental health professionals may not be the only people spreading the word about suicide prevention.The message could also come from people…
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Listener Beth Ann Johnson asked Local Wonder about Seattle's chocolate industry, and reporter Ruby de Luna agreed to report. (We know. Tough…
