I’ve spent my career exploring the intersection of media and civic engagement. As producer for LAist’s early childhood coverage, I work to find creative ways for parents, caregivers, and educators’ real questions and concerns to drive our coverage.I started out in documentary filmmaking and then moved into long-form podcast audio, and multimedia reporting. My graduate research in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on how digital media tools have (and haven’t) transformed how people can participate in their communities. Over the years, I’ve had the great privilege to bear witness to people telling their stories. I have seen first hand what it takes for information to travel and for people to get involved. It’s my goal to break down barriers so that people can engage with newsrooms and local civic institutions.