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 : The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, is well-known for its fight against President Donald Trump's border wall. The...
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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: To close every show, astrologist and TV personality Walter Mercado used a special and genuine catch phrase: “Bendiciones para todos...
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From Texas Standard : “Out of sight, out of mind.” That’s how the saying goes. And it’s exactly the way wildflowers are right now, for most Texans. But...
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From Texas Standard: Travis County named a building in Southeast Austin after Ray Martinez in 2004, but the inclusion of the former Austin police...
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From Texas Standard : Water nourishes us. But it also forms borders between geographic regions, and has even become responsible for migration, as...
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From Texas Standard: There’s a historical marker in Presidio County that tells the story of a massacre that took place a century ago in the small town...
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From Texas Standard: An arraignment hearing will be held next week for the suspect accused of targeting Hispanics, and killing 22 people, at an El Paso...
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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...