Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Meet the Hollingsworths, a family pot business
When Washington voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana in 2012, entrepreneurs jumped at the new business opportunity. Marijuana sales...
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Remembering the people who left a mark on Washington
Before moving forward to 2018, let's remember those we lost this year. Here are nine people who left a mark on the Puget Sound region.
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A family recipe from Seattle’s much-missed Kingfish Cafe
Holidays often evoke family traditions and food memories. So we asked Leslie Coaston and Laurie Minzel, the former owners of the Kingfish Café, about...
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Get to know Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan in 5 questions
You may not have heard of Edouardo Jordan, but he's been getting a lot of local and national praise. He’s chef owner of Salare and JuneBaby in Seattle’s...
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The article that changed one cancer researcher's career path
Dr. Fred Appelbaum started his career in the 1970s when leukemia patients were given months to live. He worked with Dr. Don Thomas, a researcher at Fred...
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Seattle doctor’s radical idea saves 70,000 people a year
There was a time when the cure for leukemia was almost as lethal as the disease. Before bone marrow transplants, patients were treated with arsenic or...
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How a sit-in at Franklin High led to lifelong activism and friendship
In the 1960s, an era when activism across racial lines was uncommon, four Seattle activists became allies. They were called the Gang of Four.
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How Seattle’s Gang of Four changed the activism playbook
The 1960s brought marches, boycotts, and moments of unrest to Seattle as the battle for civil rights played out across the country.
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Dreamers’ info could be used against them, WA attorney general says
One day after announcing his plans to scrap a federal program protecting young immigrants from deportation, President Trump faces a lawsuit.
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Seattle pays for lawyers to represent 300 immigrant adults, kids
Unlike criminal cases, immigrants don’t have access to free legal representation. Seattle wants to change that by giving money to six community groups...