Marissa Cabrera
News Producer, KPBS Midday EditionMarissa Cabrera worked as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and had previously served as a Newscast Producer for KPBS' Morning Edition. Before joining KPBS she reported on Vatican affairs, social, and cultural issues in Rome, Italy. She also contributed to a documentary on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Marissa has worked as a multimedia journalist at various news stations in San Diego and Monterey as well as Columbia, Missouri. Marissa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
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KPBS Midday EditionA nationwide survey by UC San Diego professor Tom Wong shows recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are getting better jobs, earning higher wages and pursuing higher education. -
KPBS Midday EditionRetired Army Col. Sheri Swokowski has been working to change a military ban that stops openly transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces. -
KPBS Midday EditionResearchers at San Diego State University found that 12th graders and adults are more supportive of working mothers today than their 1970s counterparts. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt's been a decade since Estrada announced male to female transition on KPBS -
KPBS Midday EditionAs part of a series of interviews on KPBS Midday Edition about gender identity, 14-year old Sam Moehlig of Rancho Bernardo talks about what it's like to grow up transgender in San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionAbout 6.5 million workers in California are expected to benefit from a new paid sick leave law authored by a San Diego lawmaker.
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