I am an award-winning journalist from McAlester, Oklahoma. I am currently a staff writer for the McAlester News-Capital. In my almost five years of experience, I have covered everything from the school-aged child making lemonade for charity to executions and how U.S. Supreme Court decisions affect how we live in southeast Oklahoma. My work has won awards from the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Oklahoma Press Association, and the Native American Journalists Association.