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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Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake in state Senate races for District 18 in the South Bay, District 32 in Anza Borrego, and districts 38, 40 in North County. -
A new gathering brings discussions about death out of formal settings and in to happy hour. -
A proposal from state Sen. Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson aims to help consumers better understand how much sugar is in everyday beverages. -
State officials and San Diego advocates say evolving vape products pose growing health risks for young users. -
A new bill aims to ensure patients’ end-of-life wishes are followed. But one San Diego woman’s decision to pursue medical aid-in-dying highlights ongoing barriers to access, cost and awareness. -
New county data shows rising life expectancy, falling overdose deaths and stark differences in how long people live depending on their zip code.
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Thousands of unionized nurses and health care professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawaii will return to work Tuesday, ending a roughly four-week strike carried out amid prolonged contract talks, union officials said Monday. -
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.
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