Dara Joan Dela Cruz
Accounting & Finance AssistantDara Joan Dela Cruz formerly worked in the KPBS newsroom as an assistant and call screener for Friday's Midday Edition. Dara attends San Diego State University where she plans to graduate with a business degree in accounting. She is a current member of the University Honors Program, which has encouraged her to also pursue a minor in interdisciplinary studies. After graduation, she later hopes to obtain an MBA, become a certified public accountant, and eventually manage her own firm. Before coming to San Diego, Dara lived in the Silicon Valley, where she grew up and graduated from Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. In her spare time, Dara likes to explore the city, watch films, and play the flute, as she is also a member of the university's wind symphony.
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A group of more than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. -
The task force makes recommendations for medical screenings that doctors' groups rely on and that guide what preventive services most insurance covers without copay. -
The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players. -
Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years. -
El Programa de Educación para Migrantes de la Oficina de Educación del Condado de San Diego atiende a casi 3,000 jóvenes en los condados de San Diego y Orange. Actualmente está a la espera de más de 5 millones de dólares en fondos federales. -
The San Diego County Office of Education’s Migrant Education Program serves nearly 3,000 young people in San Diego and Orange Counties. It’s waiting on more than $5 million in federal funding.
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