Emily Wenk
Mid-Level Development OfficerEmily Wenk is the mid-level development officer at KPBS with a passion for community engagement and creative expression. Prior to joining the KPBS team, she worked in marketing and data analytics in the wine industry and in annual giving for SDSU Alumni.
Born and raised in Texas, she received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston in 2004. From a young age, Emily demonstrated a keen interest in the arts and travel, and enjoys finding inspiration from visiting museums and exploring new cultures and landscapes.
In 2015, Emily settled in Southern California and has been lucky to call San Diego home since 2018. Outside of her work at KPBS, Emily is an avid reader, enthusiastic sports fan, photography collector and lover of music. She deeply values curiosity and kindness, and has found that San Diego has enriched her life as an endless source of both.
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San Diego County's unemployment rate decreased to 4.2% in March, down from a revised 4.4% in February and above the year ago estimate of 4.1%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. -
The city of San Diego faces more than $250 million dollar budget shortfall. KPBS wants to know what suggestions you have to balance the budget. -
Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises "scientific refugee status" for those fleeing Trump's academic funding rollbacks. -
The VA looks like it is changing course on a plan that would have threatened the privacy of veterans receiving mental health care via telehealth, according to documents obtained by NPR. -
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, key support staffers were dismissed. -
The email sent this month to people who entered the country legally through the Biden administration's CBP One mobile app tells them, “it’s time for you to leave the United States.”
- International students in San Diego caught up in ‘mass revocation of student visas'
- Rare earth minerals aren't rare, but the U.S. is having a hard time getting them
- Home prices rise in California, flat in San Diego County
- Tijuana River named second most endangered river as South Bay leaders declare new emergency
- New state mental health law offers hope and uncertainty for families in crisis