Xcaret Nuñez
Lake Effect ProducerXcaret Nuñez joined WUWM in September 2023. She is a producer for Lake Effect. Before joining Lake Effect, she was an agriculture and rural communities reporter for KOSU, Oklahoma’s NPR station and Harvest Public Media.
Xcaret is a proud first-generation college graduate from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in religious studies. She’s originally from Yuma, Arizona, the Southwest city known as the “Lettuce Capital of the World” and the “Sunniest City on Earth.”
Before coming to WUWM, Xcaret also reported, produced and anchored for NPR station KBIA in Columbia, Missouri, and interned for Here & Now, NPR and WBUR’s afternoon flagship show.
Feel free to say hi or share any story ideas with Xcaret via email at nunezx@uwm.edu.
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A professor of biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee explains that changing leaves starts with environmental cues, like days getting shorter and chillier.
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The champion of cheese, cherries and everything in between: Meet Wisconsin’s 77th Alice in DairylandHalei Heinzel was crowned as Wisconsin’s 77th Alice in Dairyland earlier this summer. During her year-long tenure, she’ll promote the state’s $104.8 billion agriculture industry and the ways it impacts our lives.
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Millions of students rely on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to help afford college. But this year’s troubled rollout of the revamped FAFSA slowed things down for many college hopefuls.
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At least 30 people have died in ATV and UTV crashes so far this year, putting Wisconsin on track to surpass the 32 deaths reported last year.
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The Bridge Access Program, a federal program that provided free vaccinations for those uninsured and underinsured, ended in late August. Without the program, the updated COVID-19 vaccine could cost people without health insurance upwards of $200 for one shot.
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It’s officially fall, but it’s not quite sweater weather yet. Milwaukee’s summer weather will likely stick around for a while, but the rain from this summer and spring should help keep drought conditions at bay.
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Window collisions are a leading cause of bird deaths, causing up to 3.5 billion bird deaths in the U.S. each year. They're even more common in the fall when both adult birds and their offspring migrate. But there are various ways to make your home more bird-friendly.
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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson joins WUWM’s Lake Effect to discuss whether hosting the Republican National Convention was worth it for the city and how he’ll be involved in this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Earlier this summer, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez spent the day with scientists and Urban Ecology Center campers to learn about bird banding, a way of tracking bird behavior by safely catching, tagging and measuring birds.
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Join Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez as she explores the wonderland of the Wisconsin State Fair with Lake Effect’s Jimmy Gutierrez, a lifelong Wisconsinite, as her tour guide.