Resume
Work
Experience
2023 - present
KERA News
Dallas Accountability Reporter
Reporter covering the city of Dallas for KERA News. I pitch and produce breaking news stories, long form digital and audio investigations as part of the Government Accountability team.
2022
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Reporter
Investigative reporter working in collaboration with The Associated Press on "Lethal Restraint" an investigation into less lethal police tactics that have lead to over a thousand deaths.
2022
KJZZ (NPR affiliate)
Podcast producer
I pitch long-form stories for the station, focusing on community issues throughout the state of Arizona. I also report and produce the story pitches that are greenlighted by my editors.
2022
News21
Arizona Republic/Don Bolles 2022 Fellow
2022 Arizona Republic/Don Bolles Investigative Fellow for News21, a national reporting effort headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School in Phoenix. I pitched, wrote and produced digital and audio stories on police reform efforts, including labor unions, nationwide for a series that published in September-October 2022.
2022
Southwest/Borderlands Initiative
Field reporter
Reporter for the Southwest/Borderlands Initiative at the Cronkite School. In March 2022, I traveled to Tapachula, Chiapas in southern Mexico to report on the migration crisis and, specifically, the economics of being trapped without proper documentation.
2018 - 2020
John Fogerty (CCR)
Band member
Saxophone/ Vocals/ Percussion for Creedence Clearwater Revival front man, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, John Fogerty. Along with being Fogerty’s first permanent saxophonist, I am the first person of color and first Queer member of the band.
Education
December 2022
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU |
Master’s Degree
Masters of Arts in Investigative Journalism
September 2021
Berklee College of Music | Graduate Certificate
Graduate certificate in Music Production for Multimedia
May
2019
University of Southern California |
Bachelors Degree
Batchelor's of Art in Popular Music Performance from USC's Thornton School of Music
Skills
& Expertise
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Data analytics (R + Rstudio)
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Excel
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ProTools (audio editing software)
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Adobe Audition, PremierePro, Photoshop
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Public records expertise
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Strong writing
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Fact checking
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AP Style
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Research methods
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Team management
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Collaboration with diverse media
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Working with distributed newsrooms
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Conflict resolution