Heidi de Marco
Health ReporterHeidi de Marco is an award-winning photojournalist and health reporter who has focused her work on producing multimedia stories that help humanize the complex health and humanitarian issues impacting marginalized and vulnerable communities in the United States and abroad.
Most recently, she covered health care and policy for KFF Health News from the Southern California bureau where she produced bilingual multimedia stories for news outlets nationwide.
Previously, Heidi was a freelance video journalist and photographer specializing in covering social disparities, health, and general news abroad.
She has a bachelor’s degree in international journalism from DePaul University, a post-graduate diploma in multimedia journalism from an International Center for Journalists sponsored program in India, and a certificate in Spanish-language broadcast journalism from UCLA.
She has extensive multimedia training, is HEFAT certified (Hostile Environment and First Aid Training), and has spent more than a decade covering health. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, CNN, PBS Newshour, The Washington Post, TIME, Radio Bilngüe, The New York Times, NPR and La Opinión, among others.
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The Family Health Centers of San Diego program helps low-income students train as medical assistants as clinics struggle with staffing shortage. -
Advocates and physicians warn the decision could disrupt care and increase risks for transgender youth in San Diego. -
Early enrollment numbers show fewer new health insurance sign-ups and higher costs for some San Diego County residents after enhanced federal tax credits end. -
After more than 1,500 workers voted to unionize, Rady Children’s Hospital challenged the results, delaying certification while the labor board reviews objections.
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New research from UC San Diego highlights the pressures behind the pharmacy counter and the need for better mental health support. -
County health officials are sticking with previous childhood vaccine guidance, despite new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations reducing routine vaccines.
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Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers in the San Diego area joined their counterparts across the state and in Hawaii Monday to begin an open-ended strike alleging unfair labor practices amid prolonged contract talks. -
In front of her house Wednesday, community members gathered to honor Legaspi. She was an icon in the LGBTQ+, Filipino American, and Asian American Pacific Islander communities. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments.
- ICE arrests in San Diego: A breakdown in 3 charts
- Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses walk picket lines on day 4 of strike
- Immigration arrests quietly surge by 1,500% in San Diego: ‘I feel the temperature rising’
- SANDAG board questions Border Patrol access to local law enforcement data
- San Diego schools, businesses join nationwide boycott in protest of Trump administration