USDepartmentofLabor • 4th March 2024

From Local Farmers to Coffee Entrepreneurs: Empowering Rural Women in Veracruz, Mexico

I reported human-interest stories for the U.S. DOL, including this success story on women coffee farmers gaining specialty production skills and becoming coffee entrepreneurs. I led the story pitch, conducted and translated Spanish interviews, and wrote the video storyline, script, and a complementary article.

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels

10th August 2025

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) facing extreme processing delays amid COVID-19 pandemic and temporary office closures

Investigative journalism project examining the 2022 USCIS delays in processing Employment Authorization Documents, which allow foreign nationals to work in the U.S. The story was reported and written by me, and edited by Mike Beaudet, an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter.

WCVB • 12th May 2022

MBTA headed to 'financial cliff' once pandemic aid ends next year

This story was developed as part of an investigative journalism project. It explains the MBTA's financial situation and the lack of budget expected after the pandemic aid ended in 2023. I contributed to the research, writing, and editing of this story.

Global Observer • 19th January 2021

Analysis: Colombia’s police brutality – an issue there too, despite the media’s narrative

Op-ed article during my reporter and editor role at The Global Observer covering the 2021 national strike in Colombia, followed by government repression and violence that received little coverage in English-language news outlets - creating a news blackout of non-US police abuse.

ACLU of Nebraska • 28th September 2018

‘Banned Book Week’ Hits Too Close To Home

A reported piece on censorship attempts targeting author Rainbow Rowell and her award-winning young adult novel Eleanor & Park, written for the ACLU of Nebraska

Nebraska Mosaic • 24th April 2019

Lincoln police facing communication challenges to serve ESL population

Lincoln police say they are increasingly challenged to serve people from non-English speaking backgrounds whose culture and language don’t match those of their line officers.

While LPD has several officers who are bilingual and generally has someone on duty for Spanish translation, there is a need for more bilingual staff representing other languages, said LPD spokeswoman Angela Sands.

NewsNetNebraska • 30th October 2018

The vicious circle plaguing Nebraska’s overcrowded prisons

While Nebraska reconsiders how, why and whom it incarcerates, both taxpayers and prisoners face the consequences of the unfair and ineffective prison system where money often decides who stays in jail and who gets back into it