Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Struggling To Bring Health Care To Rural Washington
Community health centers have been busier than usual. They’re seeing more patients, many of them newly insured. The centers, which provide care for...
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Fred Hutch Seeks African-American Breast Cancer Survivors For Focus Group
There’s a racial gap when it comes to how women experience breast cancer. Black women are 40 percent more likely to die from the disease compared to...
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At Sea-Tac, Kids With Autism Take Flight
At the Alaska Airlines ticket counter at Sea-Tac Airport, parents Ron and Christine Vega wait for their boarding passes. Their son, Gibson, 5, carries a...
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Stories From South King County's Medical Van
About twice a month, King County’s Mobile Medical van comes to Renton. It opens at 4:30, but it’s often slow until closer to 6:30, when the church...
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Public Health Clinic In White Center Saved
One of the public health clinics slated for closure got a reprieve today as King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a partnership that would...
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Virus Infecting Children May Have Spread To King County
Fifteen children, ages 6 months to 14 years, are being treated at Seattle Children's Hospital for a severe respiratory illness known as entero virus.
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Live Free, Eat Gluten: Return Of Heirloom Grains To Washington
People usually go to Skagit Valley for tulips and berries. But here’s a little known fact: The region also grows grains. Grains used to be grown mainly...
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Why Whidbey General Hospital Called The Midwife
In Coupeville, Washington, Sarah Meyer is pressing a fetal Doppler on Christine Meyer’s belly to check the baby’s heart rate. Meyer, no relation to...
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Medical Community Mourns Loss Of AIDS Research Leader
Seattle’s medical and research community is mourning the death of dozens of HIV researchers killed in the Malaysia Air crash Thursday. The group was en...
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The 'Luke I Am Your Father' Moment For This Adopted Woman
Earlier this month KUOW introduced you to Lynne Hogan, 48, one of hundreds of Washington adoptees seeking information about their birth parents. A new...