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Alejandra Marquez Janse

Producer, All Things Considered

Alejandra Marquez Janse is a producer for NPR's evening news program All Things Considered. She was part of a team that traveled to Uvalde, Texas, months after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary to cover its impact on the community. She also helped script and produce NPR's first bilingual special coverage of the State of the Union – broadcast in Spanish and English.

Before joining the show as an intern in 2021, Marquez Janse was an intern for South Florida's NPR member station, WLRN. She is a proud graduate of Florida International University, where she studied journalism and political science.

Marquez Janse was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Friday

Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'saddest New Year's song ever'

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Wednesday

New UN report paints a grim picture for the future of the world's water

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Tuesday

Biden announces an executive order to increase background checks on gun buyers

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Saturday

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Lost in translation: 4 perfect words that have no English equivalent

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Wednesday

Merriam-Webster asked for words that don't have translation to English. Here are some

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Monday

Amid derailments, state lawmakers work on legislation to improve rail safety

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Friday

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He visited Disneyland 2,995 days in a row. It's now a Guinness World Record

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Wednesday

A man set a Guinness World Record for Disneyland visits: 2,995 in a row

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Friday

The parallels between Vonnegut's science fiction and our modern-day world

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Thursday

EPA administrator says there are no concerns after derailment in East Palestine

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Wednesday

A pulmonologist shares what he's watching for after East Palestine derailment

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Friday

This eating disorder expert is worried by new guidelines to treat childhood obesity

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Tyler James Hoare was a beloved artist who made his mark on San Francisco. Bob Colin hide caption

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With fake paperwork and a roguish attitude, he made the San Francisco Bay his gallery

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Thursday

Former EPA official weighs in on Ohio derailment response and concerns

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Friday

'Red Baron' artist whose sculptures adorned San Francisco Bay pier posts has died

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Saturday

Dungeons & Dragons fans and creators recently found themselves battling an unlikely foe: the game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast. Simon Hayter/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption

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Fans said the future of 'Dungeons & Dragons' was at risk. So they went to battle

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Wednesday

Proposed copyright changes have Dungeons and Dragons fans up in arms

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Thursday

Flat, light rocks like the ones pictured above are favored for skipping stones A new study has found that heavier rocks can also skim the water's surface. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption

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Study shows heavy stones may give big leaps in water — plus real-world implications

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Monday

After weeks of violence, protests expected to continue in Peru

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Wednesday

U.S. Travel Association leader speaks on recent travel woes, and possible solutions

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For the exonerated, compensation is a battle for stability and dignity

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Tuesday

Where similarities between government attacks in Brazil and the U.S. begin — and end

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Thursday

Heavier, curvy stones can give surprising results in skipping, physicists say

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Monday

What it means for exonerees to be compensated after a wrongful conviction

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