I’m a media industry leader and investigative journalist building Chisholm Free Press, a national nonprofit newsroom developing trauma-informed models of investigative journalism grounded in accountability, lived experience, and public trust.

My love for journalism is best summed up as a combination of investigative accountability, narrative reporting, trauma-informed practice, and community information equity. I’ve spent more than a decade reporting on systems that shape people’s lives — including public health, housing, racial inequity and more — and teaching emerging journalists how to report on harm with rigor, care, and precision. I’m building Chisholm Free Press to pursue legacy-defining investigative and narrative journalism through a more expansive approach to covering underreported issues.

My reporting focuses on health equity, racial disparities, social justice, and culture. I previously served as a health reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where I covered the intersection of race, healthcare, and entertainment, and as a social issues reporter at the Star Tribune, reporting on housing, health, and affordability across Minnesota. My investigative work has exposed systemic failures—including reporting that revealed how Minnesota allowed private hospitals to seize tax refunds from people with unpaid medical bills, prompting legislative action in 2021.

Earlier in my career, my coverage of Texas’ maternal mortality crisis at the Texas Tribune earned a 2018 Online News Association Award for explanatory reporting. My work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and the Carter Center’s Mental Health Reporting Program, and my personal essay examining grief, COVID-19, and my father’s death received a Los Angeles Press Club Award in 2023. I’ve also conducted in-depth interviews with figures including Oprah Winfrey, Usher, Kerry Washington, and others across arts and culture.

My love for teaching and reimagining how journalists can minimize harm led me to create an online trauma-informed reporting class with the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. I regularly lead workshops for journalists on reporting on health, race, and harm; generating and pitching investigative ideas; navigating public records; and building sustainable careers. I’ve led trainings and participated in panels with organizations including the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), the USC Center for Health Journalism, the Carter Center Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism, and Report for America.