RESUME
I am an award-winning bilingual investigative journalist with experience working in Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Arizona and New York. I follow data to find narratives that hold powerful individuals accountable and uncover the human cost of policy.
My reporting has ranged from uncovering misconduct by prosecutors in Ohio that left innocent people in jail for decades, to the abuse of political prisoners in Nicaragua, the impact of U.S foreign policy on the Colombian peace process and the failure of the coroner system in the U.S to accurately count COVID-19 deaths in rural areas.
Based in San Diego, California, my work has appeared in National Public Radio, Reuters, The Guardian, USA Today, The Miami Herald, inewsource, Univision, OZY and more.
Fluent in Spanish | Python | Database building | Excel | FOIA | Video editing Adobe Premiere | Photography and editing in Lightroom | Expert Rock Climber with ascents of the Nose of El Capitan and Half-Dome in Yosemite.
Experience
Freelance Journalist | San Diego, New York City January 2024- Present
Wrote and reported feature and enterprise stories and for inewsource in San Diego and The Guardian. Conducted research for New York Times Reporter Jesse Drucker’s upcoming book on high-end tax avoidance.
Columbia Journalism Investigations | Investigative Reporter January 2022 - December 2023
Built a database, wrote and reported stories for an investigative print and radio series on prosecutorial misconduct that was published with NPR and local partners in Ohio on prosecutorial misconduct.
Reuters | Overseas Press Club Fellow Mexico City Bureau September 2021-December 2021
Wrote breaking news for the wire. Worked on a bilingual team to cover elections in Nicaragua and Honduras. Produced data-driven enterprise stories on immigration and climate justice.
Documenting COVID-19 | Investigative Reporter June 2021 - September 2021
Filed dozens of FOIA requests. Analyzed data and government records for collaborative investigations with the Kansas City Star. Pitched and reported data driven investigations on excess death and political bias in the coroner system published in USA Today. Helped build a database showing Biden appointees conflicts of interest.
ProPublica | Freelance Researcher October 2020-February 2021
Filed FOIA requests, analyzed public land data and midnight regulations from Trump.
Miami Herald | Reporter Intern July- September 2020
Covered South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Worked on the team that covered Tropical Storm Laura. Analyzed Colombian and Nicaraguan government data for features.
Columbia Journalism School | Master’s Student September 2019- May 2020
Freelance Journalist | Nicaragua and Colombia October 2018- July 2019
Covered the Nicaraguan political crisis focusing on the escape of activists to exile in Costa Rica and the abuse of political prisoners, reporting won the Overseas Press Club Scholarship award. Wrote about the Colombian peace process, attacks on environmental activists. Published six features and photography in OZY, daily stories in local english news Colombia Reports.
Pinal Central, Arizona | Staff Reporter September 2017- September 2018
Wrote 4-6 stories per week on the county government beat. Broke story on misuse of funds and environmental violations in a series on the local water utility by sitting in on court hearings. Investigation on the disappearing pool of affordable housing used public data to show the elderly and the disabled being kicked out of their homes. Covered local elections live.
MEDLIFE Peru and Ecuador | Journalism Associate 2015-2017
Ran a blog with 4 articles and photo essays weekly on public health and development in Peru and Ecuador. Shot and edited video for the web, including the aftermath of natural disasters.
Education
Master of Science Stabile Investigative Program | Columbia Journalism School | New York Graduated May 2020
Coursework focused on investigative and data journalism.
B.A. triple-major in Anthropology, Psychology and Journalism | University of Colorado Boulder Graduated May 2014