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Pitched and created an immigration beat for CNN Digital; wrote in-depth enterprise stories showing the human impact of policies and politics, including a narrative feature on a Guatemalan family that was a finalist for the Livingston Award for National Reporting; excelled in finding sharp framing for compelling stories that drew millions of readers, including several pieces that ranked on Chartbeat’s lists of the most engaging stories in 2022 and 2023; helped readers understand complicated issues with incisive explainers; collaborated regularly with colleagues across the network, led brainstorming sessions and mentored younger reporters

Atlanta, Ga

Wrote top news stories daily, using distinctive angles and voice to make CNN’s coverage stand out; reported and wrote award-winning enterprise stories; posted on social media while reporting in-depth stories on Charleston church shooting, Pope’s U.S. visit; pitched and shaped stories in alternative formats; searched for and embedded social elements to give stories depth and scope; curated and updated live blogs during breaking news.

Atlanta, Ga.

Worked closely with CNN en Español to cover immigration issues in the United States and breaking news in Latin America; reported, wrote and edited stories on tight deadlines about a wide range of topics, including Mexico’s drug war, Central American immigrants, Venezuelan politics, Guatemalan drug policies, violence in Puerto Rico and Iran's influence in Latin America; traveled to Mexico to write enterprise and spot news stories about the presidential election; wrote in-depth profiles of an undecided Puerto Rican voter in Florida and a small-town mayor who sued Georgia over the state’s immigration law.

Wrote and edited domestic and international breaking news stories used by CNN shows, CNN.com and external clients; edited coverage of Egypt’s revolution, Japan’s nuclear disaster and BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; worked closely with CNN en Español to cover Latin America stories; regularly conducted interviews in Spanish and translated material from scripts and video; pursued colorful enterprise stories on FBI bandit nicknames, same-sex honeymoons in Mexico City and National Punctuation Day.

Reported regularly in Spanish, covering topics like fake Frida Kahlo paintings, immigration, swine flu, kidnapping, pink taxis and police; traveled across the country to cover two hurricanes; wrote an enterprise story about how Mexico’s Catholic bishops are dealing with drug violence; translated and edited stringers’ stories.

Covered real estate, including a computer-assisted analysis of rental homes in suburbia and an investigative story about an international scam that ran on 1A in the Sunday paper; wrote about local politics, environmental issues and taxes as a county government beat reporter; told quirky tales about school bus racing and alpaca farming; covered statewide storm news as part of the hurricane team; filed Web updates on tight deadlines.

Tackled general assignment, breaking news and city government stories.

Covered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention beat, writing several front-page stories on medical and scientific topics, including smallpox vaccination, hormone replacement therapy and SARS; daily general assignment stories included coverage of Supreme Court decisions and the U.S. government’s funding of an Arabic-language magazine to promote American culture in the Middle East.

Wrote short weekly assignments, in-depth features and daily breaking news stories; covered science policy, financial aid and student life, including stories about the nationwide nursing shortage, laboratory theft and a creative writing student who rode a donkey across the American south.

Compiled and analyzed information from diaries, financial records and architectural drawings.

M.A., Politics

Ba, History And Literature

Activities and Societies: The Harvard Crimson, BachSoc, BRYE

Education record

Education record

Intensive Spanish courses

Education record

Intensive Spanish classes