Marissa Evans is a health and culture reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she covers health and wellness issues at the intersection of Hollywood, pop culture, race, gender, consumerism and more. She previously covered race and health on the California desk. Before joining The Times in 2021, Evans worked for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, where she covered housing, Black community trauma after George Floyd’s death, how communities of color have been affected by COVID-19 and how Minnesota allows private hospitals to seize tax refunds from consumers with unpaid medical bills. She also previously reported for the Texas Tribune, CQ Roll Call and Kaiser Health News. Evans won a 2018 Online News Assn. award for explanatory reporting for a project on Texas’ maternal mortality crisis. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Medium, Oprah Magazine and other outlets. She graduated from Marquette University with a degree in journalism.
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