Erik Aker
Web DeveloperErik Aker grew up in San Diego and was educated in the Bay Area after which he worked as an English instructor at various community colleges in San Diego. During his time as a teacher, Erik also worked as a freelance writer, but gave up both occupations in order to take a job in the corporate world, where he soon discovered a passion for computer programming. He's a San Diego native and he spends a lot of time at the beach and area tidepools.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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With help from his brother and some creative sound effects, an 11-year-old made us smile with his podcast. It's a finalist in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge. -
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Billed as the world's largest women's sports, music and lifestyle event, Super Girl offers a mentoring program that organizers say is core to the festival's message of empowering women. -
Scientists at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute at UC San Diego are in the midst of their ninth research mission, with samples aboard the International Space Station. Space has let them learn about the limits of our immune system and ways to stop the growth of cancer. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel changed its guidance for measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox on Thursday.
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