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.
MORE STORIES BY THIS AUTHOR
-
KPBS Midday EditionEQUIP or Equity Quantified in Participation is a free and open-source web application that tracks student participation and may help teachers overcome their own implicit biases. -
KPBS Midday EditionDemocrat Chris Ward gives his take on Mayor Kevin Faulconer's State of the City Address, which outlined ways to build more housing in San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe largest concentration of illegal dispensaries is in the county is in the Spring Valley area, where 14 shops were shut down last year. -
KPBS Midday EditionRand Abbott is a paraplegic rock climber who volunteered to lead clean-up efforts at Joshua Tree National Park during the partial government shutdown. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized the sale of recreational cannabis in the state Jan. 1, 2017. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis week, KPBS Midday Edition will look back at the lessons learned from the first year of the legal sale of recreational marijuana in California.
LATEST IN EVENTS
- Amid ICE arrests, California puts new limits on legal aid for some undocumented immigrants
- Oceanographers create 5-day forecast for beach pollution
- Trump administration releases after school grant money — with a catch
- San Diego County Supervisors vote 4-1 in favor of program for employees in ICE era
- San Diego Comic-Con 2025 expected to bring more than $160M to local economy