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EXPERIENCE

Mexico & Central America Correspondent 

The Associated Press (Sept 2022-Present) | Mexico City, Mexico

• Covering Mexico, Central America and beyond with a focus on cross-format enterprise work. Covered everything from conflict to climate change. Briefly worked as AP's Cuba and Caribbean correspondent based in Havana before being relocated to Mexico City. Beyond Mexico and Cuba, reported on the ground for AP in Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Panama, and Costa Rica. 
• Reported in July and August from Paris to cover 2024 Paris Olympics and from Arizona for 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections

Freelance Journalist - Latin America 

(Aug 2018-Oct 2022) | Covering Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, U.S.-Mexico border, Bolivia, Ecuador & more.

• Stringer for The New York Times. Work (print, photo, video, audio) for National Geographic, The Washington Post, BBC, Reuters, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Atlantic, CNN, USA Today, Al Jazeera, El País, Poynter, Public Radio International & more.
  

Pulliam Fellow
The Arizona Republic (May-Aug 2018) | Phoenix, Arizona

• Reported and photographed stories on issues including poverty, immigration, education, homelessness and culture in Arizona. Worked in Tucson and on the Navajo Nation. Work featured by USA Today.

Investigative Reporting Fellow
OpenSecrets.org/Center for Responsive Politics (Jan-May 2018) | Washington D.C.

• Investigated the Trump administration, the 2018 elections, dark money, the NRA, political advertising & more at award-winning journalism non-profit in Washington D.C. Stories featured by POLITICO, C-SPAN and various national outlets. Story printed in Congressional record.

Investigative Reporter/Photographer
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (Aug 2017-Jan 2018) | U.S.-Mexico Border, Arizona-New Mexico

• Hired for six months to work independently along the U.S.-Mexico border on data-based, multimedia-based project about the environmental impact of Trump's border wall.
  

Washington D.C. Correspondent
Cronkite News/Arizona PBS (May-Aug 2017) | Washington D.C..

• Covered immigration/border as a credentialed U.S. Capitol reporter in Washington D.C. Wrote, produced photo, video, graphics & social media.

Southwest Borderlands Initiative Reporter
Southwest Borderlands Initiative/Howard G. Buffett Foundation (Aug 2016 - May 2017) | Querétaro/Guanajuato, Mexico; Nogales, Arizona/Mexico

• Investigated border, immigration, trade & human rights issues along the U.S.-Mexico border & embedded in Querétaro/Guanajuato, Mexico. Work published by USA Today & The Arizona Republic.

Breaking News Reporting Intern

The Arizona Republic (Aug 2016 - May 2018 *Working for Breaking News Team on-and-off through 2017-18) | Phoenix, Arizona

• Covered crime, courts & community news. Produced photo, video & graphics. Worked with public records. Work featured by USA Today.
  

Editor, Reporter
The State Press (Aug 2014-May 2017) | Tempe, Arizona

• Leader of digital student publication (120+ staff). Led desk of reporter covering Arizona State University. Since Fall 2014: Columnist, News Reporter, News Editor, Campus Life Editor, Digital Editor.