What I Cover
I report on issues affecting children and families including education, criminal justice, health care and the social safety net. Recently, I’ve been investigating how states handle threats of mass violence at schools.
My Background
I joined ProPublica’s South unit in 2021, after spending several years covering public education and state politics at The Texas Tribune. My reporting in Texas exposed school officials criminalizing students for vaping, highlighted the state’s role in remote learning failures and drew attention to mental health challenges among young children. My series on the legacy of school segregation in Texas was a Livingston Award finalist. I also won a prize in the 2020 National Awards for Education Reporting for beat reporting that investigated the impact of the coronavirus on Texas public schools.
