Sequoia Carrillo
Sequoia Carrillo is an assistant editor for NPR's Education Team. Along with writing, producing, and reporting for the team, she manages the Student Podcast Challenge.
Prior to covering education at NPR, she started as an intern on the How I Built This team.
Sequoia holds a bachelor's degree in history and media studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently working towards her master's in journalism from Georgetown University.
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It's that time of year! Listen to our middle school and high school finalists now. -
This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus. -
Mandatory masks, strict discipline and rigorous testing have helped the academies, including West Point and Annapolis, welcome students back to campus. Can other schools learn from their example? -
The middle-school top prize for NPR's second annual Student Podcast Challenge goes to ... The Dragon Kids. -
A group of students from Brooklyn see every day how climate change disproportionately affects their community. They made a podcast that asked: Why? -
Students look forward all year to their big end-of-year productions. This year, many educators got creative in helping their student shine — despite the shutdown due to COVID-19 -
Despite the coronavirus pandemic that closed schools nationwide, students from 46 states and the District of Columbia submitted entries. We've narrowed those down to 25 finalists. -
After cancelled musicals and spring concerts, choral directors across the country are going the extra mile to have their students' voices heard.
