Verónica Zaragovia
Verónica Zaragovia was born in Cali, Colombia, and grew up in South Florida. She’s been a lifelong WLRN listener and is proud to cover health care for the station. Verónica has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in journalism. For many years, Veronica lived out of a suitcase (or two) in New York City, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, D.C., San Antonio and Austin, where she worked as the statehouse and health care reporter with NPR member station KUT.
In 2016, she received a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship and moved to Germany’s capital city of Berlin where she lived for several years, working as a freelance reporter and radio instructor to American college students at the Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). In between that time, she also spent six months in Colombia, reporting on the peace treaty between the Colombian government and the former FARC guerrilla group, with the support of a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Verónica speaks English and Spanish fluently and can converse in French, German and Hebrew. She loves warm weather and friendly, diverse people, and that’s why Miami will always be home.
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A growing number of businesses, including a new one in South Florida, offer tattoos over entire body parts like a back or a leg, in one sitting of roughly eight hours. A client doesn't feel pain, but will need to pay a premium price for the service. -
Sen. Rick Scott to return to U.S. Senate following easy victory over Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-PowellRepublican incumbent Sen. Rick Scott will return to his U.S. Senate seat after defeating Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Tuesday night in an election that will secure the GOP's control of the Senate. -
Miami Beach commissioners have cancelled a referendum question on the Nov. 5 ballot asking voters who live in the city if they approve a 1% tax on certain food and beverage sales to fund homeless and domestic violence services in Miami-Dade County. -
A new ad campaign from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation aims to encourage testing and treatment in Florida and across the U.S. That includes billboards in Fort Lauderdale and Miami. -
Florida, like states across the country, has declining immunization rates among kindergarten students. As classes resume, health care providers are urging parents or guardians to protect their children against potentially fatal diseases like measles. -
For Amendment 4 to pass in Florida, at least 60% of voters across the political spectrum must vote yes. Now, supporters are trying to energize the yes votes, while opponents are working to weaken their support. -
Because Florida has chosen not to extend Medicaid eligibility to more uninsured adults, entrepreneurs and health equity advocates are coming up with solutions for those facing medical bills they cannot afford. -
For South Florida's Peacemakers, stopping the shootings begins with helping people with daily needs — from diapers and groceries to medical care. -
The majority of Surfside commissioners voted not to censure Mayor Shlomo Danzinger for making racial insults and sexist remarks directed at Commissioner Nelly Velasquez. -
Plans to include garbage collection and a loading dock on the same street as a proposed memorial site for the 98 people killed in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South building have angered and outraged relatives of some of the victims, along with elected town officials.
