I’m a writer and researcher fascinated by how we make home in a changing world
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I’m interested in home and habitat writ large: from shelter and land and belonging, to disaster prevention and ecosystem recovery. I’ve written about land conflict for magazines, including Harper's and Pacific Standard, and produced stories about struggles over natural resources for The New Yorker, Vice News, and others. My investigative work has been recognized by Habitat for Humanity, won awards from NYU and UC Berkeley, and earned a Fulbright.
I started my career covering environmental disaster and conflict as a South America correspondent for NPR, where I reported on events like the 27F Chile earthquake and tsunami, the rescue of 33 miners in the Atacama Desert, and oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon.
I’m also a teacher and editor. I’ve taught audio and longform narrative at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at Maine College of Art, and creative nonfiction at Boston University, Colby College, and UC Berkeley. As an editor, I worked on podcasts for Spotify and Vice, where I co-created Vice Audio. I also executive produced the series Painkiller, which won a Murrow; A Show About Animals, which won an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award, and The Crisis/Contra Natura, which was a finalist for a Gabo.
I’m from a rural, blue collar community. I work in English and Spanish, and I make my home in Chile and the United States. To get in touch, please reach out below.