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Carren Jao

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Born and raised in the Philippines, Carren is a storyteller at heart, working to uplift diverse voices. She is a skilled digital storyteller with more than a decade of experience working on engaging content that lives on multiple platforms. Her arts and culture stories have won recognition from the LA Press Club and the Asian American Journalists Association.

As arts and culture editor for KCET, a public television station and online destination in Southern California, she leads editorial strategy and content development for arts, culture, food, travel and history content. Working with collaborators across 11 Southern California counties, she tells award-winning stories that matter.

Previously, Carren has worked as a full-time freelance journalist. Her work has been published around the world, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Wired UK, Surface, Dwell and many others.

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Julia Roberts and Patricia Arquette on Variety Actors on Actors Season 10
Best of PBS SoCal 2019
There's still time to catch some of this year's great programming highlights on PBS SoCal. Here's what to watch.
Rosalind Wyman checks home base and the general view at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in preparation to receive the Dodgers for Opening Day. | Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images
Nine Cool SoCal History Facts We Learned This Year
Southern California may have a reputation for being a place to forget one's past, but its neighborhoods and streets are teeming with history. Here are nine pivotal moments that unfolded here. 
Nikko Mueller sitting on a ladder on top of a park table at the San Clemente Border Station for "Three Border Ecologies" | Lena Martinez Miller
Audio Slideshow: Artists on the U.S. Border They Never Knew About
All around the United States is a 100-mile border zone where one can be searched and one's things seized. Policies way beyond what the constitution allows is regularly implemented. Artists drew on select sites. Here's what they realized.
Men and women raising their glasses during Prohibition-era | Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection,University of Southern California Libraries
PHOTOS: The Strange Goings-On in Prohibition-Era Los Angeles
On January 17, 1920 fourteen years of Prohibition began. What began as a grand, noble experiment quickly turned sour. See some of the strange goings-on in Los Angeles during that short-lived period.
Griffith Observatory in construction | Courtesy of Dick Whittington Photography Collection,1924-1987, University of Southern California Libraries
Riots, Love Fests, Buried Secrets: Griffith Park's Hidden Histories
Since its gifting to Los Angeles on December 1896, Griffith Park has been the sprawling landscape on which Angelenos have drawn their dreams. Learn more about its many unexpected histories.
View of the grand exterior stair connecting OCMA to Segerstrom Center’s Julia and George Argyros Plaza | Morphosis Architects
Orange County Museum of Art Is One Step Closer to A Permanent Home
Slated to open in 2021, the Thom Mayne-designed building has been more than a decade coming. But it looks worth the wait. 
Emmy Statue
KCET and PBS SoCal Lead L.A. Area Emmy Awards with 7 Wins
KCET and PBS SoCal lead this year's Emmys. KCET and PBS SoCal received seven awards at the 71thAnnual Los Angeles Area Emmy®Awards presented by the Los Angeles Television Academy.
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Con/Safos: Rafa Esparza's Outdoor Art Space
Con/Safos, an adobe structure built by artist Rafa Esparza and his family along the L.A. River, is a place to contemplate the intersections of art and life in Los Angeles.
Gospel singer | Geoffrey Froment/Flickr/Creative Commons
Playlist: The Sound of Gospel
Gospel music is the music of hope and fortitude even amid the greatest of odds. Listen and be moved by the music.
Mars 2020 rover artist's concept. | NASA
Live Cam: Building the Next Mars Rover
Watch engineers and technicians build the next Mars Rover. Plus, send your name to space!
Artist rendering of Mars Rover 2020 | NASA-JPL
Live Cam: Building the Next Mars Rover
Watch engineers and technicians build the next Mars Rover. Plus, send your name to space!
PBS: Summer of Space - preview
Upcoming Programs for "Summer of Space"
Save the dates for these exciting programs — all about space:Antiques Roadshow: Out of this WorldMonday, July 8, 8:00 p.m.WATCH PREVIEWAmerican…
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