Carolina Cuellar
RGV Reportercarolina@tpr.org
Carolina Cuellar reports for Texas Public Radio from the city of McAllen where she covers business and border issues. Her position is made possible by Report For America — a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
A scientist-turned-journalist, she worked on the science desk at KQED, for various science news outlets, and has written about dog DNA criminal forensics and the largest fire in Santa Cruz County history, the CZU Lightning Complex wildfire that started in August 2020. Her work has appeared in ABCNews, The Mercury News, and science sites such as Inside Science and Mongabay.
Cuellar, a first-generation college graduate, holds a master’s degree in science communication and a bachelor’s in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia and grew up in Stockton, California after emigrating to the United States.
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Before Roe v. Wade, Maggie had an illegal abortion that put her life at risk. But Roe dramatically improved her second abortion experience. Now that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, she fears people will once again seek unsafe, illegal abortions.
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El fiscal del Condado de Starr, Gocha Allen Ramírez, dijo el domingo que ha presentado una moción para desestimar un cargo de asesinato contra una mujer por realizar un "aborto autoinducido".
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Lizelle Herrera, 26, was released from custody Saturday night on $500,000 bond. Then, on Sunday, the DA said the Starr County Sheriff's Department "did their duty in investigating the incident brought to their attention by the reporting hospital." However, he said that this is not a criminal matter under Texas law.
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A Texas woman has been charged with murder for a what authorities are calling a self-induced abortion.
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These drills are underway and will continue through the end of May.
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After a controversial border security mission, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott faces criticism. Amid poor living conditions and deteriorating mental health, four guard members died by suicide.
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Updated on March 4, 2022: The City of Laredo lifted its water boil notice thirteen days after it began.
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Texas National Guardmembers held their first union meeting Monday evening in Del Rio. They unionized after facing a host of issues during an involuntary deployment to the border as part of Governor Abbott’s controversial border security program, Operation Lone Star.
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The Republican governor hosted a party in McAllen one day after his Democratic challenger met with voters in Harlingen and Brownsville.
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'We are absolutely political pawns here' — Gov. Abbott condemned over mistreatment of National GuardReports of suicides, poor working conditions, and pay issues among Texas National Guard mobilized to the border under Operation Lone Star has Gov. Abbott facing criticism from both the left and right ahead of the March 1 primaries.