My reporting has taken me from a roomful of surgeons performing a liver transplant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the back of a motorcycle in Odessa, Texas, during an evening ride with a sober bikers club, to the silty islands of the Sundarbans in India, where people live on the front line of climate change.I’ve worked as a reporter for The Arizona Republic, San Francisco Chronicle, Dallas Observer and Midland Reporter-Telegram in west Texas. My work has also been published in National Geographic, Mother Jones Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications. With the conviction that healing begins with being heard, I believe in the power of storytelling to foster empathy and spur change. I am passionate about stories that challenge mainstream narratives, center the human experiences behind statistics and policies, and illuminate the universal within the specific to help audiences connect across dividing lines.I completed my Master's at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, with a focus on narrative writing. I am currently the Climate Emergency Reporter for NPR-affiliate KPCC and LAist.com in Los Angeles. View selected work here: http://erinleastone.com/