Vicky Diaz-Camacho
Community Reporter
Vicky Diaz-Camacho managed Kansas City PBS's journalism public engagement series, curiousKC. She is an EMMY-award winning producer and reporter for the monthly current affairs program, Flatland in Focus. Her reporting focuses on housing, health, education and culture. Her upbringing on the El Paso/Juarez border as a Mexican-Puerto Rican guides her methodology, which dissects current affairs and reports its impact on people in our community.
Stories by Vicky Diaz-Camacho
Birthing Battle | Labor Pains
Infant and maternity mortality rates in the Kansas City area keep climbing. This hit close to home for Izula Jade
‘It’s Too Overwhelming’
What's next for international students? For some it's graduation. Others it's finding a way back to their home countries. But one thing's clear: this semester has been difficult to navigate.
Birthing Battle | The Struggle for Equity in Maternal Health Care
Watch and read how the history of birthing care unfolded in the U.S., and how midwives and mothers of color were slowly left out.
Time to Destress: Books With a Kansas City Twist
It’s been an intense several months, so Flatland’s here to offer a list of books by local authors to read as a way to escape.
curiousKC: Food for Thought? Vote on What We Report Next
curiousKC's next voting round offers up a few questions about Kansas City's local cuisine history. What's your favorite?
A ‘Life in Limbo’: What’s Next for Kansas City’s DACA Recipients?
In June, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program. Here's what that means to recipients in Kansas City.
curiousKC | Kansas City Streetcars and Ice Cream
What's the story behind the KC streetcars that connected Kansas and Missouri?
Bomba, the Puerto Rican Genre of Resistance, Stands With Black Lives in Kansas City
"Bomba is a genre of resistance," says Barbara Liz, a descendant of Rafael Cepeda, an Afro-Puerto Rican musician who's known as the bomba patriarch.
The Filter Ep. 5 | ‘Be Free’
The Filter podcast talks about the evolution of slavery, starting with Juneteenth and book-ending with the Black Lives Matter movements.
Struggling to Stay Sober During a Pandemic
Support networks are becoming even more important for alcoholics and recovering alcoholics living through a global pandemic.