Marina Peña
Producer
Marina Peña is a nationally published writer and producer whose work has been featured on the LA Times, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, KPCC/LAist and NBC Los Angeles, among other outlets. Marina regularly writes for a local finance news site she launched in 2021 called Los Angeles Daily Finance. Most recently, she worked on Wild, a podcast by LAist Studios that was named one of the best podcasts of 2021 by Spotify and The Atlantic. She is passionate about covering the socioeconomic issues that affect underrepresented communities.
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Of 16 patients treated at Children's Hospital Los Angeles for an inflammatory condition called Pediatric Inflammatory Multi-System Syndrome (PIMS), four tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. -
She told us she is often FaceTiming with a patient's relatives, as they take their last breath. She's going to a therapist to cope with the anxiety.
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