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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A Northwest Project To Curb Allergies, One Peanut At A Time
David Baty remembers the first time he gave his son Spencer, 10, some peanuts.
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Parents Discover That Even Obamacare Has Gaps
Not all health plans are the same, as Washington consumers have learned the hard way.
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White House Honors Community Health Enrollment 'Champions'
This week the White House honored community heroes for their work in educating and signing up Asian American and Pacific Island residents for health care.
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About 600,000 Washington Residents Enrolled Through Health Exchange
State and local officials are celebrating the robust number of people who signed up for health care through Washington’s exchange over the open...
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Food Pantries On The Rise To Help 'Starving Students'
The expression “starving students” is not just a cliché. It’s real. Researchers call this situation “food insecurity,” and it’s a concern that affects...
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Health Reform May Free People From 'Job Lock'
One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to give access to people who currently don’t have health insurance. Supporters see another benefit — to...
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Funeral Dinners Help Darrington Cope With Losses
The first wave of memorial services honoring the victims who perished in the Oso landslide took place this weekend. In Darrington, residents gathered...
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The Painstaking Process Of Caring For Oso Victims
For many families of victims of the deadly Oso landslide, getting information about the fate of their loved ones has been agonizingly slow. That's...
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A Hard Day Ahead For Search Operations In The Mudslide
With 100 percent chance of rain in the forecast for Friday, Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots held a brief conference in the morning...
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Former TB Patient On Time In Local Sanatorium: 'I Look Back On It Very Sweetly'
Some people may think tuberculosis has been wiped out, but the disease still infects one third of the world’s population.Closer to home, tuberculosis is...