Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
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 and healthcare. She currently covers food and how it intersects with health, communities and culture. 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.
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Am I next? WA's new online system can check your vaccine eligibility
As Washington state tries to move along its Covid vaccination program, it has launched an online questionnaire to help people figure out whether they’re eligible for the next round.
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KUOW Newsroom
Boeing to pay $2.5 billion for 737 MAX conspiracy charge
The aerospace giant and the Justice Depareached Boeing has agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion dollars for 737 MAX fraud conspiracy
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KUOW Newsroom
'We find our way.' How older adults are coping with pandemic isolation
The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but even harder for older adults. Not only are they vulnerable to the deadly virus; current restrictions also put them at an increased risk of social isolation.
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KUOW Newsroom
This Burien food pantry provides more than familiar staples to the Latinx community
Growing up, Roxana Pardo Garcia remembers feeling shame whenever her mother sent her to the food bank when times were difficult. Today, as an adult, Garcia organizes a food pantry serving King County’s Latinx community, one that offers a more positive experience during these hard times.
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KUOW Newsroom
Grocery workers push for safety protections
As Washington’s Covid cases continue to grow, grocery workers are calling for stronger work protections. A recent death and an outbreak at a Fred Meyer store in Burien has workers worried and frustrated.
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KUOW Newsroom
Giving thanks, the Duwamish way
Turkey, stuffing and sides are the main attractions in most Thanksgiving meals. But one Seattle man has developed a meal that incorporates Pacific Northwest Indigenous foods to tell the story of the Duwamish people.
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KUOW Newsroom
Thanksgiving plans squashed. Don't be a turkey, health experts say
The holidays are going to look different this year with all the Covid restrictions. We asked what people are planning, and what safe holidays could look like.
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KUOW Newsroom
Washington's uninsured population spikes
The number of people without insurance jumped statewide during the pandemic. Washington’s uninsured rate went from just over 6 percent pre-Covid, to 13 percent.
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FareStart helps students find jobs beyond the food industry
At the start of the pandemic many classes and training programs were put on hold. Among them was FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that helps people transition from homelessness and addiction though its adult culinary program. This fall, teaching resumed. And like many schools around the country, classes are online.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle restaurants' creative strategies to weather the cold months of the pandemic
Meal and cocktail kits. Deliveries and takeouts. Temporary closures. There's no one approach that helps keep businesses stay afloat. Restaurants are using strategies that best suit them.