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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Homeless youth with addiction problems now can find shelter in Auburn
Homeless youth with substance abuse problems will have a place in King County to get help beginning this month.
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Can King County buses go carbon neutral?
King County Metro plans to increase transit service in the next five years, and it plans to do so without adding more greenhouse gas emissions.
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A slow goodbye at Seattle's elegant Exeter House
Exeter House in downtown Seattle was built as an apartment hotel for elegant living in the 1920s. It was part of a construction boom downtown at the time.
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Seattle considers creating a safe place to use drugs
It’s been more than a month since a task force was formed to address King County’s heroin epidemic. One solution that’s under discussion is creating a...
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One Question Inspired This Woman To Survive And Fight King County's Heroin Epidemic
Heroin deaths have reached a record number in King County. More than 150 people died of overdoses in 2014. One woman could’ve been part of that...
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Washington's New Vision Screening Requirements Could Be Tricky
School kids in Washington state are tested for distance vision, to make sure they can see the chalk board at 20 feet. Now a new law requires students to...
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The 'Promotora Effect': Getting Latinas To Mammograms
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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Biden Visits Seattle To Move Cancer Research Forward
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...
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Homeless Encampment Othello Village Opens In Southeast Seattle
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 ...
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‘No Wrong Door’: New Seattle Clinic Responds To Lack Of Mental Health Care
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 per...