I am a Texas reporter at Inside Climate News and live in El Paso, Texas. I was previously the environmental watchdog reporter at the El Paso Times. I received an M.A. in Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University in 2021.
My previous experience includes a serving as the web editor at the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). As a freelance journalist in Mexico and Central America from 2015 to 2019, I reported for The Guardian, Vice Motherboard, Yale E360, and over a dozen other publications.
I was a Fulbright research grantee in Mexico (2014-15) and worked as a research assistant at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
The Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, the Water Desk and the International Women in Media Foundation have supported my reporting. In 2021, I received the Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize. I am a member of the Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ) and Investigative Reporters and Editors. In 2024, I received second place in the Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting from the SEJ.
In El Paso, I have investigated air pollution in low income neighborhoods, sewage dumping in the Rio Grande and water access in colonias. Elsewhere in Texas I have reported on heat deaths in the Rio Grande Valley, oilfield pollution in the Permian Basin and conflicts of interest among state regulators.
I’m a runner and cyclist.
