Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Find the latest information on the Coronavirus outbreak in Utah, including public health measures, contact information, news updates, and more.

Community Activist Margarita Satini Dies From COVID-19

The Utah Sierra Club and other community groups are mourning the loss of a Utah social justice warrior. Murray resident and longtime activist Margarita Satini died Tuesday from the COVID-19 virus.

Satini was well known in the community for her social justice work and was an especially committed advocate for Pacific Islanders. She'd been engaged in helping families participate in the census, and was most recently on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, as she fought for more testing for communities of color who've been hardest hit by the pandemic.

 

At 14-years-old, Kerry began working as a reporter for KVEL “The Hot One” in Vernal, Utah. Her radio news interests led her to Logan where she became news director for KBLQ while attending Utah State University. She graduated USU with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and spent the next few years working for Utah Public Radio. Leaving UPR in 1993 she spent the next 14 years as the full time mother of four boys before returning in 2007. Kerry and her husband Boyd reside in Nibley.