Julia Longoria

Producer - WNYC

Julia Longoria is a producer at WNYC, where she edits a weekly podcast and reports on quirks in the law and immigration. Her work, also featured on NPR and Marketplace, has focused on unaccompanied children from Central America who arrived to New York, the Eric Garner protests, Ebola, and New Yorkers' strong opinions on plastic bag taxes.

Getting an education is the latest battle for migrant children who crossed US border alone last summer

July 29, 2015Education

On Long Island, it’s been a rocky start for some young Central Americans, who were placed into a “transition” school that some observers find subpar.