Chrissy Nguyen
Arts & Culture EditorChrissy Nguyen leads the KPBS Arts & Culture team, overseeing multimedia arts coverage across digital, audio and video platforms. She manages projects like the weekly arts newsletter and the arts and culture podcast The Finest, which highlights voices and ideas shaping San Diego's creative community, and Port of Entry, a cross-border podcast sharing stories from people whose lives are defined by the U.S.-Mexico border.
A seasoned journalist and skilled editor, Chrissy previously worked at Yahoo as executive editor of Entertainment and Culture, where she focused on digital storytelling and audience engagement. She brings that experience to KPBS, blending her passion for the arts with editorial leadership across the region's cultural landscape.
She lives in La Mesa with her husband and daughter. A pop culture junkie, Swiftie, K-drama enthusiast and avid traveler, she's confident she'd dominate on "Hot Ones."
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Rewriting the quest: How tabletop role-playing games took on a life of their own south of the borderThe Port of Entry team takes a deep dive into the world of tabletop role-playing games and discovers how they were transformed to include more voices and narratives -
In this episode of Port of Entry, recorded live at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival, poet and journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reflects on growing up between Tijuana and San Diego and turning those experiences and memories into his book "California Southern: Writing from the Road, 1992–2025." -
In this episode of Port of Entry, recorded before a live audience, we talk with Lourdes Ayon, a Tijuana native, comedian, advocate, and lobbyist, about how comedy can become a powerful form of protest. -
Port of Entry producer Julio makes his case to hosts Alan and Nat about why the World Cup is so special, recruiting both old and new friends to help him explain. -
The Port of Entry team traces the origins and impact of a unique U.S.-based graduation ceremony held in Mexico. This event was created to reunite families separated by immigration policies and give them the chance to celebrate together. -
The Port of Entry team sits down with Tijuana native Jorge Meraz, host of “Crossing South,” to unpack the fear, headlines and misconceptions that shape how many people in the U.S. see the border — and what the reality is actually like.
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