“Wow, you have really long arms.”
-Retired Miami Dolphins player Larry Csonka, whom I met while working as a hostess at a restaurant
about me
I became a journalist out of curiosity about the world and a desire to understand lives beyond my own. The stories I value most are those that expand my perspective—from interviewing Afghan women about life under the Taliban to driving across Hawaii’s Big Island to visit the homes of Native Hawaiians.
Beyond writing, I’ve honed skills in audio and visual storytelling, producing podcast episodes, designing interactive maps, photographing events and creating multimedia content that brings reporting to life in multiple dimensions.
I further developed my cross-continental reporting experience during a Fulbright fellowship in Berlin, and I continue to contribute as a book critic for the Fulbright Chronicles.
Although my work has taken me across the globe, New York is the place I call home and one of my greatest inspirations. When I’m not chasing stories, I like having picnics on the Great Lawn, visiting bookstores & reliving my barista days by experimenting with my espresso machine.