Elma González Lima Brandão
KPBS Digital EditorElma González Lima Brandão is the Digital Editor at KPBS. She leads an innovative team of web producers in creating, distributing and enhancing KPBS News digital content.
She formerly worked as a Software Developer and Digital Product Lead for KPBS and was responsible for managing products and projects for the digital team. She also worked as a multipurpose software developer contributing to and building external and internal apps. Previously, she also worked as a web producer for KPBS creating and managing digital news content. She started working at the station as the Gloria Penner Fellow and assistant news producer for KPBS Evening Edition.
Before joining KPBS, Elma lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reporting stories for RioOnWatch.org and Latin Correspondent. She has collaborated with Bloomberg where she reported on e-waste in Latin America and she contributed to the PBS NewsHour's coverage of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in 2013. She is also an NPR Next Generation Radio Fellow. Elma majored in journalism at Ithaca College in New York and grew up in Chula Vista where she currently resides.
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After two weeks there’s still no deal for the thousands of nurses on strike from Kaiser Permanente. And, can Lemon Grove protect residents from no-fault evictions? Also, in this week’’s Why it Matters, Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis explains how the county may reorganize to include a mayor.Finally, hear from the MTS worker and artist behind this year’s Black History Month Pronto card. -
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Itamar “Ita” Lilienthal is an emerging biodesigner and architect developing sustainable material alternatives — and he thinks he may have found something big. -
We conclude our time with Chama, a Venezuelan exile who made her way to the United States via Tijuana. She shares her Herculean effort to enter the U.S. legally and, despite all her efforts, how the system ultimately failed her. -
In today's episode, we sit down with Chama, a Venezuelan exile who made her way to the U.S. via Tijuana. Chama shares her odyssey out of Venezuela as she searched for a new home to reunite her family with her estranged husband in California. -
In today's episode, we follow Laura Pabon, a staff member at one of Tijuana's busiest shelters, Casa del Migrante. Laura shares her journey to Tijuana and discusses the turning points that made her want to help migrants find a new home.
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You've probably heard in recent months that there have been changes in the rules for bringing your pet to the U.S. -
Responda nuestro test de opción múltiple de cuatro preguntas y descubra qué candidatos en las elecciones de 2022 se alinean con usted en temas importantes. -
Answer our four-question multiple choice quiz and learn which candidates in the 2022 midterm election align with you on important issues.
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