I am a freelance radio reporter based in Los Angeles. My work has aired on NPR’s Morning Edition, Planet Money and APM’s Marketplace . I previously covered daily news, economic issues and health care for WHYY, Philadelphia’s NPR affiliate station. My print work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Weekly newspapers, and Domino, Philadelphia, and City Limits magazines.

I graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and received a BA in Russian from Reed College.  I have previously developed arts and humanities in medicine programs; coordinated research initiatives at Harvard University; taught art to Balkan refugee children; and traveled throughout Russia recruiting high school students for a US State Department funded exchange program.

Contact me at mara.zepeda@gmail.com or 617-459-5617. You can also find me on PRX , the Association of Independents in Radio, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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