I am a Texas-based freelance reporter covering a variety of topics, with an emphasis on criminal justice, federal prisons and the environment. I am efficient, accurate and adept at finding unique and original stories. As a Seeking Justice reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, I dug into criminal justice issues for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. My work exposed inhumane conditions at a federal prison, uncovered dangerous practices at Illinois nursing homes and revealed a mother and daughter drowned in a Fort Worth culvert that the city knew was flawed but not fix. I have produced on-the-ground, minute-by-minute coverage of high profile breaking news stories in Illinois, Missouri and Texas. At the Belleville News Democrat, I juggled breaking news, enterprise and investigative stories. I was the newsroom opioid reporter and reported on the crisis through interviews and data analysis.