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Deepa Fernandes, is an award-winning journalist who has reported from a dozen countries, from Peru to Cuba to East Timor. Fernandes has reported from inside rebel-controlled prisons during a Haitian coup, slum villages in Mumbai, and immigration jails across the U.S. Most recently Fernandes was the Early Childhood correspondent at Southern California Public Radio, KPCC. She won numerous awards for her reporting on children aged 0-5, including the L.A. Press Club's Radio Journalist of the Year for 2017 and 2018.

In 2012 she was a Knight Journalism fellow at Stanford University and she has an MA from Columbia University. She authored a book on immigration in 2007, Targeted, published by Seven Stories Press. In 2001, Fernandes founded People's Production House, aimed at diversifying the press corps and the range of voices heard in the media. Currently Fernandes is a correspondent at KCET's SoCal Connected, and files global stories for PRI's The World. Her work can also be heard on NPR, Marketplace, the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She is married to multi-media journalist, Matt Rogers, and they are raising two spirited small children in Los Angeles.

FROM Deepa Fernandes

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Motel owners on housing the homeless Owner operator of the Palm Tree motel in North Hills, Mike Patel said he already has half his rooms occupied by homeless families and is paid by vouchers from families sent by homeless service provider LA Family Housing. However, other owners aren’t so sure that’s a good idea.

14 MIN, 25 SEC Jun 28, 2018

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

For one homeless family, 28 days to find a place to live Dulce Amade is an undocumented immigrant, has three kids, and says her husband has been abusive. When he beat her up earlier this year, she took her children to a domestic violence shelter. It didn’t last long. Then they moved to a car. Now they have a voucher to live in a motel -- but they have to leave in 28 days . They could get another voucher, but will have to move out and restart the cycle. Dulce poses with her family. Photo credit: Matt Rogers This segment was produced with support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

12 MIN, 23 SEC Jun 27, 2018

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The motel as a homeless shelter LA is putting homeless families in motels. That gets them off the streets -- but living there can be rough. Reporter Deepa Fernandes spent much of the last few months at these roadside motels around the city. Sophia Diaz and Jose Ramirez pose with their son and a friend’s son at the motel. Photo by Matt Rogers

8 MIN, 42 SEC Jun 26, 2018

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Why are so many kids not learning to read and write in California schools? In California, more than half of all elementary school children cannot read or write at their grade level. The state ranks 49th in the country for 4th grade reading scores. Only New Mexico is worse. Literacy coaches at Union Avenue Elementary school hunker down to review student performance and gauge who needs extra support. Charts on the wall track progress and student challenges. The six full-time coaches work directly with classroom teachers. (Photo: Deepa Fernandes) First grader in Ms. Pulliam’s class at Union Avenue Elementary school works independently on a writing assignment. This elementary school performs around the California state average for 3rd grade reading. (Photo: Deepa Fernandes)

8 MIN, 14 SEC Mar 01, 2018

Substandard living in Santa Barbara

Substandard living in Santa Barbara Property owner Dario Pini houses thousands of low-income tenants throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, but faces over 3,000 health and safety violations and three lawsuits by the city of Santa Barbara. A new investigative report explores whether this self-proclaimed savior is actually a slumlord, and why it's taken officials nearly three decades to stop him.

8 MIN, 7 SEC Oct 18, 2017

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