Marissa Ortega-Welch is an environmental journalist and the creator and executive producer of
How Wild, a podcast about wilderness, how it's changing, and what that says about us as humans. It's produced in partnership with KALW Public Media and distributed by NPR. Her freelance work has been featured by many outlets including
High Country News,
NPR,
Latino USA,
Reveal,
The California Report Magazine, and
Bay Nature. Prior to journalism, she spent a decade working in the environmental education and science fields.