Lisa Morehouse is a public radio reporter whose work has taken her from Samoan traveling circuses to Mississippi Delta classrooms. Her work can be heard on KCRW's Independent Producer Project, The California Report, The World and NPR's Latino USA and Weekend Edition. For her award-winning series California Foodways, Morehouse is reporting county-by-county, exploring the intersections of food, culture, economics, history and labor. A veteran public high school teacher, she also works with at-risk youth in the Bay Area to develop radio diaries and features.
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