Michelle Alvarez
maalvarez@wgcu.org
Michelle Alvarez is a reporter for WGCU News. She started her career in public radio as an intern for the WGCU team in March 2020. Michelle graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University, where she was a contributing writer, reporter and news director for the student-run media group, Eagle News Television.
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The current spike in COVID-19 related hospitalizations is being driven by unvaccinated people who are sicker and younger than earlier in the pandemic, according to hospital officials. -
Activists and Demonstrators from Southwest Florida Return from Cuban Freedom Rally in Washington D.C. -
Researchers with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are trying to reduce pests and diseases for Florida’s $300 million-a-year strawberry industry. -
Scientists with the Collier County Mosquito Control District have found two new mosquito species in the region including the invasive and Aedes tortilis and the Aedes scapularis which can spread yellow fever and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. -
Cuando el huracán Laura azotó Luisiana en 2020, la principal causa de muerte por esa tormenta fueron los accidentes con generadores. -
As we move through the hurricane season, it is important to remember how to safely operate a generator. Recently, more people have died from generator accidents in hurricanes than from anything else.
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The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that will officially make the site of Pulse nightclub a national memorial nearly five years after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history. -
In the battle of mosquitofish against guppies, University of Florida scientists found that the native mosquitofish won. And that’s good for our ecosystems. -
The school year has come to an end, but you can make sure your child’s learning continues through the summer. -
A local workers' rights group is being tapped by a Hollywood organization co-founded by Anita Hill to help with programs aimed at ending workplace sexual abuse.
