Journalism
My work focuses on science, tech, pop culture and marginalized communities, and has been featured in BBC, Popular Science, Vice, The New York Times and more. Here are some of my favorite stories.
THE RELENTLESS (AND GROWING) PROBLEM OF PLASTIC ‘NURDLE’ POLLUTION (Undark)
CAN COMPASSION BE TAUGHT? (Medium)
CAN WE CREATE SUNSCREEN THAT PROTECTS BOTH HUMANS AND CORAL REEFS? (Smithsonian)
HAS A UT PROFESSOR FOUND A WAY TO STOP COVID-19 VACCINES FROM SPOILING? (Texas Monthly)
THE ‘DISASTER PSYCHOLOGISTS’ WHO HELPED AFTER MEXICO’S QUAKE (BBC)
APPLYING SCIENCE TO THE BEAUTY AND WELLNESS BEAT (The Open Notebook)
DICKIES’ AMERICAN WORKER IS THE PRODUCT OF MEXICAN FACTORIES (Racked)
ONLINE BIRTH CONTROL IS SAFE—AND THE ONLY OPTION FOR SOME WOMEN (Popular Science)
THE RISE OF ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING IN COSMETICS (Adweek)
THE CASE FOR ALL-WOMEN CYCLING CLUBS (Bloomberg)
FREELANCERS HAVE A NAME FOR ENDLESS ROUNDS OF EDITS: SCOPE CREEP (Columbia Journalism Review)
BETO O'ROURKE LOST, BUT BETOMANIA IS STRONGER THAN EVER (Vice)
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Genomics for Journalists Boot Camp, 2019
Offered by SciLine and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Health Journalism Fellowship, 2018
Awarded by the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
ASJA Scholarship, 2017
Awarded by the American Society of Journalists and Authors