Strong track record of pushing the boundaries of storytelling to bridge communities and produce impactful, high-quality, and ambitious journalism

keywords: visual storytelling, design, product, audience and community engagement.

📓 education.

Master of Arts in Journalism (Studio 20), New York University

Fellowship in Global Journalism, University of Toronto

Bachelor of Science, Hons. Neuroscience, University of Alberta

👩🏿‍💻 work experience.

Engagement Reporter, The Marshall Project: November 2023-Present

• Monitors and analyzes mail from incarcerated people and their families to identify story ideas and common themes.
• Builds trust and deep sourcing within national organizations serving formerly incarcerated people and their families.
• Supports the Life Inside essay series by logging and responding to physical and digital mail from incarcerated writers.
• Produces the Reader to Reader column for News Inside, creating callout prompts, synthesizing responses, and writing content.
• Collaborates with investigative reporters on engagement projects that expand the reach of accountability journalism.
• Adapts reporting for justice-affected audiences through alternative formats such as video, print products, and platforms like Ameelio.
• Participates in The Marshall Project’s engagement working group, developing best practices for audience engagement and distribution.
• Identifies and executes stories, explainers, and social storytelling that reflect the information needs of incarcerated people and their families.