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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Health
UW researchers look to the sewer to track Covid-19
Sewer surveillance is widely used around the world to monitor for diseases. At the University of Washington, researchers are taking a slightly different approach to detect Covid-19.
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Health
Am I next? WA's new online system can check your vaccine eligibility
As Washington state tries to move along its Covid vaccination program, it has launched an online questionnaire to help people figure out whether they’re eligible for the next round.
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Business
Boeing to pay $2.5 billion for 737 MAX conspiracy charge
The aerospace giant and the Justice Depareached Boeing has agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion dollars for 737 MAX fraud conspiracy
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Health
'We find our way.' How older adults are coping with pandemic isolation
The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but even harder for older adults. Not only are they vulnerable to the deadly virus; current restrictions also put them at an increased risk of social isolation.
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Arts & Life
This Burien food pantry provides more than familiar staples to the Latinx community
Growing up, Roxana Pardo Garcia remembers feeling shame whenever her mother sent her to the food bank when times were difficult. Today, as an adult, Garcia organizes a food pantry serving King County’s Latinx community, one that offers a more positive experience during these hard times.
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Health
Grocery workers push for safety protections
As Washington’s Covid cases continue to grow, grocery workers are calling for stronger work protections. A recent death and an outbreak at a Fred Meyer store in Burien has workers worried and frustrated.
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Giving thanks, the Duwamish way
Turkey, stuffing and sides are the main attractions in most Thanksgiving meals. But one Seattle man has developed a meal that incorporates Pacific Northwest Indigenous foods to tell the story of the Duwamish people.
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Thanksgiving plans squashed. Don't be a turkey, health experts say
The holidays are going to look different this year with all the Covid restrictions. We asked what people are planning, and what safe holidays could look like.
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Health
Washington's uninsured population spikes
The number of people without insurance jumped statewide during the pandemic. Washington’s uninsured rate went from just over 6 percent pre-Covid, to 13 percent.
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Arts & Life
FareStart helps students find jobs beyond the food industry
At the start of the pandemic many classes and training programs were put on hold. Among them was FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that helps people transition from homelessness and addiction though its adult culinary program. This fall, teaching resumed. And like many schools around the country, classes are online.