PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK, N.Y. 2022-Present
Investigative Reporter
Wrote investigative and narrative stories revealing a crisis of migrant child labor across the United States.
THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON D.C. 2019-2022
National Reporter
Wrote immersion narrative features for The Post’s national enterprise team on topics including federal disaster response, policing, and mental health.
PROPUBLICA NEW YORK, N.Y. 2017-2019
National Reporter
Covered immigration, including a botched crackdown on the gang MS-13 on Long Island.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011-2017
Venezuela Correspondent, Caracas (2013-2017)
Reported on the South American country's economic implosion, using character-driven features to convey the human cost of the crisis.
Gambling Correspondent, Las Vegas (2012-2013)
Covered the U.S. gambling industry.
California Politics Reporter, Sacramento (2011-2012)
Covered government and politics with a focus on accountability. Reporting led to state audits and new legislation.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pulitzer Prize, Investigative Reporting, 2024
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, 2024
ASME National Magazine Award, Public Interest, 2024
Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism, 2024
Gerald Loeb Award, International Reporting, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 2024
Michael Kelly Award, 2024
Scripps Howard Journalism Award, Excellence in Business Reporting, 2024
Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards, Public Service, 2024
John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, 2024
James Beard Award, Investigative Reporting, 2024
Edward R. Murrow Award, Feature Reporting, 2024
Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business Awards, Feature Reporting, 2024
Deadline Club, Daniel Pearl Award for Investigative Reporting, 2024
ONA Online Journalism Award, Innovation in Investigative Reporting, 2024
National Press Foundation Feddie Award, 2023
Hillman Foundation Sidney Award, 2023
Columbia Journalism School WERT Global Prize, 2023
Walter Cronkite School Shaufler Prize in Journalism, 2023
Pulitzer Prize, Investigative Reporting (finalist), 2022
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, 2022
National Press Club, Online Journalism Award, 2022
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, 2022
Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award, 2022
Article included in The Best American Newspaper Narratives anthology, 2021
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, National Reporting, 2021
Ball State National Writing Award, 2021
Austen Riggs Center Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, 2020
Article included in The Best American Magazine Writing anthology, 2020
Pulitzer Prize, Feature Writing, 2019
Hillman Prize, Magazine Journalism, 2019
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 2019
ASME National Magazine Award, Public Interest Reporting (finalist), 2019
Education Writers Association Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize, 2019
Peabody Award (finalist), 2019
MOLLY National Journalism Prize, 2019
Society of Professional Journalists Ethics in Journalism Award, 2019
John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, 2019
Morley Safer Award for Outstanding Reporting, 2019
Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for public radio reporting, 2019
John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Journalism, 2019
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists (finalist), 2019
Sidney Hillman Foundation’s Sidney Award, 2018
Online Journalism Awards, Feature Reporting, 2018
Article included in The Best American Newspaper Narratives anthology, 2018
Overseas Press Club, Hal Boyle Award, 2017
James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism, 2017
Gerald Loeb Award, International Reporting, 2017
Society of Professional Journalists, Ethics in Journalism Award, 2017
Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business Awards, Feature Reporting, 2017
University of Oregon Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism, 2017
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists (finalist), 2017
National Headliner Award, Beat Coverage, 2013
SPJ James Madison Freedom of Information Award, 2013
Associated Press John L. Dougherty prize, 2013
Associated Press Media Editors Awards, State Reporting, 2013
Livingston Awards for Young Journalists (finalist), 2013
Latino Journalists of California Ruben Salazar Award, 2012
FELLOWSHIPS
Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, 2019
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma Ochberg Fellowship, Columbia University, 2018
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio State University, 2013
John Jay /H.F. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Criminal Justice Reporting, 2012
EDUCATION
Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts with high honors