Alexa Garcia-Ditta
Alexa Garcia-Ditta is an Observer reporter (and former intern) covering women's health, reproductive health and health care access across the Lone Star State. Before joining the Observer, she was a staff news writer at the San Antonio Current. She holds an MA in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and BA in journalism and Spanish from UT-Arlington, where she worked for three years on her college newspaper. After graduate school, she dipped her toe in public policy communications at the Center for Public Policy Priorities. When she's not at work, she's probably training for her next marathon. You can contact her at [email protected].
Articles by Alexa Garcia-Ditta
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’
A young Texas abortion provider speaks out amid threats of violence and dangerous political rhetoric.
Report: Detained Migrants Held in Border ‘Iceboxes’
Researchers found that detained migrants in the Rio Grande Valley are held in overcrowded, freezing rooms — without beds — for days at a time.
The Year of Uterus Versus Them
In Texas, things can always get worse when it comes to reproductive health. And in 2015, they did.
‘Jane Does’ Ask Court to Keep Planned Parenthood in Medicaid
The plaintiffs — including single moms and a rape survivor — detail their struggles accessing care in a federal lawsuit.
Bonding Behind Bars
The Travis County jail is one of four nationwide — and the only in Texas — to allow new moms to breastfeed in custody.
Planned Parenthood Patients Take Texas Back to Court
Patients say they'll 'lose their provider of choice,' a violation of federal law, if Texas boots Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.