Lauren Terrazas
Lauren Terrazas is an El Paso native and produces "Morning Edition" and "Fronteras" for Texas Public Radio. She began her work in broadcasting as an intern at KTEP, El Paso’s public radio station. While at KTEP, she went to become a production assistant and then chief announcer for "Morning Edition."
Lauren supervised part-time student employees and interns while producing local public affairs programs. She also created KTEP’s first production handbook.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in organizational and corporate communication from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2017 and will be pursuing her master’s in public administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio, beginning in January 2019.
In her free time, Lauren enjoys all things pertaining to music and film and being outdoors with her dog.
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Witnesses — including members of Congress, OB-GYNs and Gloria Steinem — spoke before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform in favor of passing federal legislation to supersede Texas' six-week abortion ban and ensure access to reproductive health care services. -
Vanessa Wyche has worked for NASA since 1989, and has held multiple key leadership positions with the agency. Now, she will be the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. -
“We believe in justice,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy said. “There’s an old saying in Texas about, you know, ‘find all the rope in Texas and get a tall oak tree.’ You know we take justice very seriously and we ought to do that, round up the bad guys." -
Latinos comprise about 40% of the population in Texas, and their votes could be critical to races up and down the ballot. Campaigns are rediscovering the fact that there is no solid “Latino” bloc. Public Radio reporters across Texas are listening to these voters discuss the issues they care about and give their thoughts on where the nation should be heading. This is the third in a series of five stories about Latino voters in the 2020 Election. -
As remote work and distance learning continues, Texans in need of a reliable internet connection can now turn to an interactive map to locate a nearby public drive-up WiFi hotspot. -
A public health order issued in late-March by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention barred unauthorized migrants from entering the U.S. The...
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Farm workers are deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic. But many of these critical workers won’t reap the benefits of the $2.2 trillion...
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The last Democratic presidential candidate from Texas — and the only Latino — has stepped off the political field, nearly one year since the former...
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Voters across Texas will vote for and against 10 state constitutional amendments on Tuesday.
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Many El Pasoans are grieving through their own spiritual and religious traditions following the mass shooting at a Walmart that killed 22 people on Aug....
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Oscar Cantua was one of 5100 graduates at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s 2019 Spring Commencement. He received an undergraduate degree in...
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The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.
