Hello! I’m a Chicagoan and journalist covering migration, policing, and health through an equity lens for publications including the Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, Borderless, Truthout, and more. As a foreign correspondent, I have reported from Ukraine, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy.
My work is informed by my first career evaluating refugee response programs in the West Bank, Libya, Chad, and Ethiopia. I am especially interested in exploring how migrants are pitted against other marginalized groups to compete over scarce resources – whether that be in Darfur or the US – and documenting movements rooted in interracial solidarity.
I previously ran the Investigative Project on Race and Equity‘s data journalism training program and served as the immigration editor at South Side Weekly.
My work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center, International Center for Journalists, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the European Research Council, Peace Research Institute Oslo, the Pivot Fund, and the Blue Shield of California Foundation. I was a 2x 2025 IWMF Ukraine Reporting Fellow, a 2024 IWMF Gwen Ifill and Lauren Brown Fellow, a 2026 Heinrich Boell Transatlantic Media Fellow, and a 2024 Renaissance Journalism Fellow. Since 2021, I have served on the Board at ARTWORKS Projects.
I am HEFAT-certified, speak French and Mandarin Chinese, and am available for freelance assignments in the Midwest.
