Joy Diaz
Texas Standard reporter Joy Diaz has amassed a lengthy and highly recognized body of work in public media reporting. Prior to joining Texas Standard, Joy was a reporter with Austin NPR station KUT on and off since 2005. There, she covered city news and politics, education, healthcare and immigration.
Originally from Mexico, Joy moved to the U.S. in 1998 when her husband Luis was transferred from his job in Mexico City to Virginia. While there, Joy worked for Roanoke NPR station WVTF.
Joy speaks English and Spanish (which is a plus in a state like Texas). She graduated from Universidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli in Mexico City with a degree in Journalism. In 2008 she took a break to devote herself to her two young children, before returning to the KUT studios. She loves reading, painting and spending time engaging with the community.
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From Texas Standard : Like few other Texans in recent years, one former El Paso congressman is known to many by his first name alone. But that...
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From Texas Standard : Texas has changed a lot during the past decade. State Demographer Lloyd Potter says its population isn't just booming; it leads...
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From Texas Standard : Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of Public Safety – the agency that issues driver's licenses and...
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From Texas Standard: Political dynamics in Texas are shifting. That’s, in part, because of a growing Asian population, as well as a massive wave of...
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From Texas Standard: Many more women and young children are migrating to the U.S. than in years past. But the academic research about their experiences...
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From Texas Standard: A global controversy erupted after a Chinese scientist claimed to have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to manipulate genes in the...
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From Texas Standard: You may have noticed a lot more dollar stores than you did just a few years ago. Since 2011, numbers of the discount stores have...
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From Texas Standard: "Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out Of Texas Foster Care Without Documentation" is a series of reports from Texas Standard about...
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From Texas Standard: Frank Vickers of Bastrop was on the couch watching “Jeopardy!” when there was a knock on the door. Before he could get up, a...
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From Texas Standard : At first glance, Jews and Latinos may appear to have very little in common. That impression may begin to change somewhat on...