Alysia Cruz
Alysia Cruz is the WUSF Stephen Noble news intern for the fall 2019 semester. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of South Florida in Communication and is now enrolled at USF St. Petersburg, pursuing her Master’s in Digital Journalism & Design concentrating on food writing.
In the years since graduating from USF, Alysia has worked as a theatre and journalism teacher, running The Minotaur yearbook program and starting The Minotaur online newspaper at Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, FL. She also spent time working in TV production as a production coordinator and live theater as a stage manager.
Alysia hopes to become a food and travel journalist in the future, expanding reporting on these subjects within public media.
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From medical professionals to law enforcement to recovering addicts, the opioid crisis has affected people from all walks of life.At a University of South… -
A new study says allowing the estimated 750,000 undocumented immigrants living in Florida to obtain driver’s licenses would not only ease their lives, but… -
In 1939, opera singer Marian Anderson was denied access to perform at Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The… -
Sarasota County commissioners decided on Wednesday to side with residents and prevent the industrial rezoning of an area adjacent to the 400-acre Celery… -
Thirty years after her first novel, young adult author Lurlene McDaniel has decided her latest book, “The Girl with the Broken Heart,” will be her last.A… -
Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord, the National Audubon Society released a report warning that… -
While people across the southern United States value equity and diversity, white people and people of color have drastically different perceptions on the… -
As a gift to the state of Florida, U.S. Air Force Band staff arranger Master Sergeant Tadd Russo put together an original march, “Okeechobee… -
Wanting to create something more engaging than your typical signing, organizers of the Festival of Jewish Books and Conversations are hosting interactive… -
The Cross-Bay Ferry will return to Tampa Bay for a third season, with new services, a new website, and a proposal for permanent, year-round service in the…
