I am a freelance writer and investigative journalist primarily covering migration, urban policy, and criminal justice. My work has appeared in The Nation, Politico Magazine, The Atlantic, The Baffler, Lux Magazine, The New Republic, Harper's Bazaar, the BBC, Bloomberg CityLab, High Country News, The Guardian, Teen Vogue, NPR, and other publications. I teach at City University of New York's Craig Newmark School of Journalism. 

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In 2024, I was awarded a Lando 'riter of Note grant by the de Groot Foundation for an ongoing narrative nonfiction book project. ​I was a 2022 Ira A. Lipman fellow at Columbia University and a 2022-2023 Ida B. Wells fellow at Type Media Center. In 2023, I received the Pulitzer Center's Global Reporting Grant. 

 

I also write fiction and have been awarded a residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs. ​

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I am a part of the National Writer's Union - Freelance Solidarity Project and represented by Julia Kardon at HG Literary. ​