Isabeth Mendoza

Engagement Producer

Isabeth "Isa" Mendoza is a former Engagement Producer for KQED's slate of podcasts. Isabeth is a bilingual audio journalist from Southeast Los Angeles and her interests are in wellness, social justice, lifestyle, arts and culture. Previously, she worked on Truth Be Told and as a freelancer for NPR’s Weekend Edition, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Hear to Slay, KCRW's Bodies, and Feeling My Flo podcast. Isabeth is an NPR Next Generation Radio alum, an IWMF Gwen Ifill Fellow, and a previous NPR National Desk intern. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from Emory University and a Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley.

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Demonstrators march toward San Francisco City Hall on Sunday May 31, 2020 to protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Several groups marched to the Embarcadero, through Union Square and to the Hall of Justice, eventually converging and returning to City Hall.

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A horizontal image that one one side features screen grabs of the zines 18MR have worked on, including 'Call on Me, Not the Cops,' and on the right side, three people are featured. Two of them have short hair and one has long hair. All are wearing dark or light blue colors. They are all looking at the camera.

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The Bay Live: What Will Living in the Bay Area Be Like in 2021?

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Podcasts for Inspiration, Self-Care and Social Justice This Holiday Season

How Can Filipinxs Join the Fight Against Anti-Blackness?

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