PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROPUBLICA NEW YORK, N.Y. 2017-PRESENT
Reporter
Covering immigration with a focus on narrative accountability reporting. Spent 2018 writing about a crackdown on the gang MS-13 on Long Island. That series showed how anti-immigrant rhetoric and police bias undermined efforts to combat a brutal gang that preys on Latino teenagers, and resulted in federal and local reforms.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2012-2017
Venezuela Correspondent, Caracas (2014-2017)
Reported on the South American country's economic implosion, and used character-driven features to communicate the human cost of the crisis.
Gambling Correspondent, Las Vegas (2013-2014)
Covered the U.S. gambling industry.
California Politics Reporter, Sacramento (2012-2013)
Covered state government and politics with a focus on accountability. Reporting led to multiple state audits and new legislation.
BAY AREA NEWS GROUP San Francisco Bay Area, C.A. 2009-2012
Metro Reporter
Covered local politics along with general assignment for the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, 2019
Hillman Prize for magazine journalism, 2019
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 2019
National Magazine Award, finalist, 2019
Peabody Awards, finalist, 2019
Education Writers Association Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize, 2019
MOLLY National Journalism Prize, 2019
Society of Professional Journalists Ethics in Journalism Award, 2019
John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, 2019
Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for public radio reporting, 2019
John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Journalism, 2019
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, finalist, 2019
Michael Kelly Award, finalist, 2019
Sidney Hillman Foundation Sidney award, 2018
Online Journalism Awards, feature category, 2018
Article republished in The Best American Newspaper Narratives, 2018
Overseas Press Club, Hal Boyle Award, 2017
James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism, 2017
Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, international category, 2017
Society of Professional Journalists, Ethics in Journalism Award, 2017
Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business Awards, feature category, 2017
Michael Kelly Award, finalist, 2017
University of Oregon Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism, 2017
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, finalist, 2017
National Headliner Award, beat coverage, 2013
SPJ James Madison Freedom of Information Award, 2013
Associated Press Media Editors Awards, state coverage, 2013
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, finalist, 2013
Latino Journalists of California Ruben Salazar Award, 2012
FELLOWSHIPS
Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, 2019
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma Ochberg Fellowship, Columbia University, 2018
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio State University, 2013
John Jay /H.F. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Criminal Justice Reporting, 2012
EDUCATION
Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts with honors in English and history