Diego Villarroel
Stories
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Heart surgery on babies is ‘part seamstress, part wood craftsman’
There are only about 125 doctors across the country who perform heart surgery on children and babies. Mike McMullan is one of them. He works at Seattle...
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Is the life of a private eye all it's cracked up to be?
Imagine being a private eye. Sitting behind your dimly lit desk, the glow of streetlights creeping in through the window shades. Rain softly falling outside. Suddenly, there’s a crash of thunder. Someone bursts through the door — there’s been a murder. And you’re on the case. Isn't that how it works when you're a private eye? Maybe not.
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Law & Courts
Is the life of a private eye all it's cracked up to be?
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My grandma’s first kiss happened in a Chilean prison
September 11, 1973, was the day everything changed for my grandmother, Beatriz Alvarez. She was attending university in Santiago, Chile, on her way to...
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Lost in translation: growing up Latin-ish
Radioactive’s Isabella Ortiz and Diego Villarroel discuss the complexities of ethnic and cultural identity, speaking from their own experiences as a...