Adrian Florido
Border Reporter
Adrian Florido is a reporter for the Fronteras Desk where he covers the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant and tribal communities, demographics, and culture.
Before joining KPBS, he was a staff writer at Voice of San Diego. There he reported on San Diego neighborhoods, focusing on immigrant and under-served communities as well as development, planning, land use, and transportation. For a year, he delivered a weekly television segment on NBC San Diego.
He's a Southern California native who moved to San Diego in 2009 after earning an undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago. He majored in history with an emphasis on the US and Latin America. In college he was news editor of the student paper, the Chicago Maroon, and also spent time reporting from Capitol Hill and working with the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
He also likes to eat. A lot. And he likes to run to keep up his appetite. And he likes good music.
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Recent Stories
Hulu Web Drama Targets Latino Teen Audience
"East Los High" follows the lives of Latino teenagers in East Los Angeles, and the pressures they face from sex, violence and bullying.
Man Convicted of Drug Smuggling Will Get New Trial
The Tijuana perfume salesman, who said he didn't know drugs were in the car, won an appeal after the government destroyed evidence in the case.
Restaurant Owners Weigh In On E-Verify
A survey by the National Restaurant Association found that restaurant owners are generally supportive of the system for checking employees' eligibility to work.
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