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Writer + Multimedia Journalist

My love of podcasts is what drove me to journalism. As a musician, sound is my passion. I love every element of audio journalism—from reporting, to hosting, to scoring, to EQing and compressing. 

PODCAST

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InHospitable

I created this nine part documentary podcast series about environmental issues in Arizona, produced with KJZZ, Phoenix's NPR affiliate. I made this podcast from start to finish—doing all research, reporting, writing, scoring, and mixing. It garnered over 150,000 downloads on the NPR One app. 

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White Smoke

I worked for over a year on this Audible documentary series about Ed Buck, an influential figure in the Democratic party who became a killer. I researched his early life in Phoenix and tracked down people who were close with him in the 1980s who had never spoken with the media before. I also found decades-old archival material for the podcast only available in a private collection. 

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In Confianza: El beisbol is where we shine

I reported, wrote, voiced, and scored this episode of In Confianza podcast about a baseball team formed by Venezuelans in Peru. Following the collapse of their home country, the one million plus Venezuelans found a strange country where there favorite sport essentially did not exist. Slowly but surely, they've built a baseball tradition there, and recaptured their dreams in the process.

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Making Contact: Mexican's Confronting Racism—Aztec myths to modern stereotypes

I reported and produced this episode of the Making Contact podcast, which is syndicated on public radio stations across the U.S. It focuses on how ancient myths about Aztec human sacrifice manifest in modern-day stereotypes and profiles people in Mexico fighting racism in the country today. 

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BBC's People Fixing the World

I have produced two segments on BBC's People Fixing the World, from World Service. I reported on an innovative retirement community at Arizona State University and a nanoclay technology that helps crops grow with less water.

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WHYY PHILADELPHIA's The Pulse 

The people of the Navajo Nation have suffered one of the worst COVID-19 death rates of any place in the world. I produced this feature for a national audience about their hesitancy to take the new vaccine. This story won a student podcasting award from the Broadcast Education Association.

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State of the Arts Arizona

I reported and produced all but the first two episodes of this grant-funded documentary podcast for KJZZ, Phoenix's NPR station. I interviewed artists, arts organization leaders, politicians, and researchers studying the power of art in health and psychology. 

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KIDS IMPRISONED

Seven-part podcast series based on the Carnegie-Knight News21 investigation into juvenile justice in the U.S. I helped create the shows format, reported and hosted the first episode, co-hosted and produced three others, and scored and mixed all the others. 

Episode 1 won a national Edward J. Murrow Award for Best Student Podcast. 

RADIO

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VIOLET PROTEST | NPR

Feature story for NPR's All Things Considered adapted from HearArizona's "State of the Arts" podcast series. This story centers on an art exhibition that takes on America's painful polarization. 

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RESILIENCE HUBS | NPR

Story on Morning Edition, broadcast on NPR affiliates across the U.S., about resilience hubs—community centers designed to be places or refuge during disaster. And in Phoenix, experts warn that a heat-wave-power-outage disaster comparable in scale to Hurricane Katrina is inevitable. 

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FARMERS FEEL PAIN OF DROUGHT| KJZZ

Feature story on KJZZ Phoenix about farmers in Pinal County who are, thanks to years of drought,  losing access to Colorado River water. At the same, time cities are doing nothing to curb their consumption. 

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MEDICINE MEN IN THE PANDEMIC | KJZZ

The Navajo people have relied on medicine men for spiritual, mental, and physical wellness for centuries. In this feature, which aired on KJZZ, I explore how these ancient healers have been threatened by the pandemic. 

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NATIVE VOTERS COME OUT FOR BIDEN | KJZZ

More than 300,000 of Arizona's eligible voters are Native American. Polls show they overwhelmingly supported Democrats Joe Biden and Mark Kelly. I spoke with tribal members from the the four-corners region to the state's southern border about the issues that drove them to contribute to Arizona’s blue wave on election day. This feature aired on KJZZ, Phoenix's NPR affiliate. 

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