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Health News Florida reporter Abe Aboraya works for WMFE in Orlando. He started writing for newspapers in high school. After graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2007, he spent a year traveling and working as a freelance reporter for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Weekly, and working for local news websites in the San Francisco Bay area. Most recently Abe worked as a reporter for the Orlando Business Journal. He comes from a family of health care workers.

Hi there! My name’s Lauren McAdams, I’m a junior at Purdue studying Mass Communication. I’m a show host Intern at WBAA, currently hosting Weekend Edition for our listening area. News is my passion so I’m glad I can share it with you! I grew up listening to NPR in the car on road trips, and remember dreaming of being a show host on the radio one day. My focus here at Purdue is centered around producing, all things broadcast news and the student run radio station I started up my freshman year. I’ve always had a passion for live radio and channeled that interest by starting up an official student radio station sponsored by the Lamb School. I’ve loved the opportunities I’ve been given here at WBAA and cannot wait to grow further in my knowledge and experiences!

Laura Pellicer is a producer with The State of Things (hyperlink), a show that explores North Carolina through conversation. Laura was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, a city she considers arrestingly beautiful, if not a little dysfunctional. She worked as a researcher for CBC Montreal and also contributed to their programming as an investigative journalist, social media reporter, and special projects planner. Her work has been nominated for two Canadian RTDNA Awards. Laura loves looking into how cities work, pursuing stories about indigenous rights, and finding fresh voices to share with listeners. Laura is enamored with her new home in North Carolina—notably the lush forests, and the waves where she plans on moonlighting as a mediocre surfer.

For more than 25 years Joel Sucherman (he/him) has been helping to usher in the new ways we experience news and information. As NPR's Vice President for New Platform Partnerships, Sucherman guides strategy and leads the teams that build NPR's presence on voice assistants, connected cars, TVs and other emerging platforms. During his tenure he has developed a growing number of strategic partnerships and has shaped and implemented public radio's growing presence on voice-activated platforms such as Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Bixby, and Cortana. Under Sucherman's leadership, NPR has become a preeminent brand on smart speakers, with millions of listeners each month. In his previous role as head of product, Sucherman's teams were also responsible for conceiving of, and building, NPR One, a platform that uses a combination of human curation and algorithms to provide a personalized radio news/podcast experience.

Daysha Eaton reports about religion and cultural issues, including social justice, for KUER.

Shannon is a criminal justice reporter. She's also reported on mental health, poverty, labor and climate change.