My path to journalism has not been typical. As an undergraduate at Brown University, I channeled my passion for exploring the breadth of human experience into a degree in cultural anthropology. I continued to work in that discipline as a Master's student at the University of Chicago, at which point I realized that I wanted my work to be accessible and meaningful to everyone, including those outside the ivory tower. Today, I use many of the same tools – interviewing, building relationships, digging deeply into the underlying issues – to produce reporting that is direct, detailed, and newsworthy.

I use photography and graphic design to enrich my reporting, and I am comfortable conducting interviews in both English and Spanish.