Liza Ramrayka
KALW Audio Academy Fellow '21Liza Ramrayka is a freelance social justice journalist based in San Francisco and originally from England.
Her storytelling explores aspects of — and solutions to — social exclusion experienced by marginalized communities, such as refugees and people who are housing insecure.
She is a KALW Audio Academy '21 Fellow.
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CrosscurrentsAdults of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander descent seek mental health services much less than any other demographic group in the country. And seniors in those AANHPI communities are particularly vulnerable. They can experience loneliness, anxiety from anti-Asian hate crime and language barriers to accessing mental health services. -
CrosscurrentsIn part two of of our series on AAPI mental health. We examines culturally-sensitive responses to supporting Chinese American seniors in San Francisco and Oakland. -
CrosscurrentsIn part one of a series on mental health in AAPI communities, we look at community-grown solutions helping seniors in San Mateo county address loneliness and depression. -
A candid conversation about the challenges young people face and the tools they can use to handle them. -
CrosscurrentsWhat if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill? Doctors in San Mateo County are giving patients a prescription to spend time outdoors. The Park Rx program is getting patients back to health, by getting them back to nature. -
CrosscurrentsMany of the Bay Area’s public high schools reopened last month after almost a year and a half of remote learning. How has a lost year of lockdown derailed teen mental health? And what support might be needed to get students back on track? -
Food pantries are a lifeline for many in San Francisco and Marin but hundreds had to close last year due to social distancing rules. In this edition of… -
A renowned San Francisco private investigator’s final case was inadvertently helping police find the suspects in a crime outside his own home.Two men were… -
In his first press conference this year, Governor Gavin Newsom warned of a post-holiday COVID-19 surge and set out plans to step up vaccinations.Newsom… -
State support to help millions of Californians avoid eviction during the pandemic is due to end next month. But San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu is…
