Melanie Senn
Freelance ReporterMelanie Senn was born in Camden, New Jersey (the resting place of Walt Whitman), but was raised in California. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Latin American Literature from UCSB, and after living a couple years in Mexico, Argentina, and Chile, got her master’s degree in English. She had a 25-year teaching career, including 17 years at Cal Poly where she taught essay writing and argument. Now she dedicates her time to writing and audio storytelling, and hanging out with her with her two teenage sons and their dad, musician Derek Senn.
Melanie hikes, surfs, and reads as much as she can get away with. She’s always preferred radio to television—especially public radio—and is thrilled to be contributing stories at KCBX, where she started as a newsroom volunteer, and now freelances regularly.
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An experimental music group called Ghost Ensemble is coming to the Central Coast for its first California tour since March 2020.
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Bach Week is an annual event put on in San Luis Obispo every January. KCBX’s Melanie Senn attended Bach Week to learn more about Bach himself, his influence, and his continued relevance in a diversifying world.
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SLO Museum of Art Executive Director Leann Standish's journey to the Central Coast has been a winding one.
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Guadalupe is seeing growth, redevelopment and revitalization due in large part to some friends of the city: a nonprofit collective called Los Amigos de Guadalupe.