Marnette Federis

Education Editor, Global Nation

Marnette Federis is an education editor with Global Nation, the immigration desk of PRI's The World. Based in San Jose, Calif, she writes, edits and produces stories about immigrant communities and is especially interested in issues impacting Asian American Pacific Islander groups. Marnette was born in a rural town in the Philippines and moved to Los Angeles at 10 years old. After joining her high school and college student newspapers, she discovered a passion for journalism and never looked back. She has reported for news publications in Washington, D.C., Northern and Southern California. She also has reporting experience in China and the Philippines. Marnette holds a masters degree from the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. She loves living in California — where she can go snowboarding in the Sierra Nevadas one weekend and then ride the waves in Santa Cruz the next.

Recent Stories

Global Nation Education

Iranian students in US scramble as sanctions ratchet up tuition costs

PRI's The World

August 26, 2019

Iranian students studying in the US are feeling the effects of escalating tensions between the two countries — from difficulties paying tuition or rent to the inability to focus on their studies

Global Nation Education

Visa rules are restricting the future of international students in the US

PRI's The World

June 20, 2019

Under the Trump administration, international students are facing new administrative hurdles. There are signs those changes are driving international students away from higher education in the US — students who are a boon for many US college campuses because they usually pay higher tuition rates.

Immigration

A new generation of ‘un-DACAmented’ high school graduates fights hurdles to higher ed

PRI's The World

June 10, 2019

Undocumented immigrant teens are increasingly graduating from high school without legal protections such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Despite the uncertainty, these students are turning to their networks and one another to push ahead and pursue higher education.

Global Nation Education

New Washington law on religious accommodations could serve as model for other states

PRI's The World

June 03, 2019

In Washington State, students' efforts to get their university to provide religious accommodations becomes a civics lesson.

Immigration

Law students head to southern US border to help asylum-seekers

PRI's The World

January 22, 2019

Law students from California and around the US have been making their way to the US-Mexico border offering legal services to migrants seeking asylum.

How higher ed will be a battleground for immigration debates in 2019

PRI's The World

January 03, 2019

Higher education institutions in the US are stepping into some of the nation's most pressing immigration policy debates.

Education

First DACA student pushed the boundaries of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

PRI's The World

November 27, 2018

In an increasingly uncertain time for DACA recipients, Jin Kyu Park hopes his scholarship win shows other undocumented students that change is possible.