USA Today
As a data and graphics reporter, I pitch stories, find and analyze datasets, interview expert sources and create compelling graphics and data visualizations. I write everything from breaking news to enterprise stories to investigations. I’m highly collaborative and love working on ambitious projects. I cover a wide range of topics including affordability, health care and labor issues.
My team’s coverage of the death and destruction in Gaza won an EPPY award for best use of data/infographics.
Recent articles
Over 600 police departments partner with ICE: find out if yours does
Iran's nuclear sites before and after Israeli attacks
Not just Harvard: See where 1.2 million international students learn in the US
Trump orders ICE to expand efforts in NYC, LA, Chicago: See how many immigrants live in major metros
How much do Americans rely on programs like Medicaid and Social Security?
How many international students have had their visas revoked?
Federal worker data visualized
Landmarks and local institutions damaged or destroyed in LA fires
Health care
Youth tobacco use is at a 25-year low. Here's what drove the decline.
How much does insurance cost for a family in 2025?
Gun laws lower firearm-related suicides among youth, study shows
As Supreme Court weighs abortion drug, a look at pill usage since Roe v. Wade
With menthol cigarette ban delayed, these Americans will keep seeing the effects, data shows
Cash aid for new moms: What to know about the expanding program in Michigan
Census Bureau backpedals on changes to disabilities questions amid backlash
These states have the highest rates of long COVID, Census data shows
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30,000-plus lives lost: Visualizing the death and destruction of Israel's war in Gaza
Which US county has the highest home prices? Graphics and maps explain
Hurricane Helene ravaged Asheville, echoing another disaster 100 years ago
America’s workers are owed more than $163 million in back pay. See if you qualify.
Storytelling as a tool for change: How Marielena Vega found her voice through farmworker advocacy
Cushion or drain? Minimum-wage hike for food delivery drivers may get cut after debate in Seattle
Here's why the US labor movement is so popular but union membership is dwindling
Why do we love Moo Deng, Pesto and other baby zoo animals? Psychologists explain
USAFacts
At USAfacts, I used government data to give context to the important issues impacting Americans. I covered education, families and childcare as well as health care. I wrote breaking news stories, in-depth explainers and investigative data stories. I built data visualizations and made videos using interesting data findings. I co-authored the 2022 State of the Union in numbers. My work is seen in DataIsPlural.
Education
How much money do states spend on education?
Black students are more likely to be punished than white students
From charter schools to tax credit scholarships: School choice explained
Which states passed laws restricting school curriculum?
A pandemic expansion of the national school lunch program ends this summer
Health care
The US maternal mortality rate peaked during the pandemic and was highest for Black women
How have abortion laws changed since the Dobbs ruling?
Which states passed new abortion laws in 2022?
The CDC says teen mental health is in crisis. Who is most at risk?
What are the biggest mental health issues facing young Americans?
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How much are families spending on childcare?
How US forests affect the environment and help stabilize the climate
How much solar energy do homes produce?
Here’s how the number of Black Americans in Congress tripled over 30 years
How the government uses programs like SNAP to combat food insecurity?
What happened after the federal eviction moratorium expired?