ABOUT

I'm an investigative data journalist and writer with experience translating complex policy and data into hard-hitting news stories. I’m also a creative copywriter and content strategist with five years of experience creating regulated healthcare campaigns, managing copy teams, and concepting. I spent five years as a senior copywriter at Havas Life and Omnicom, then earned my master's in health and science journalism, with a focus on data-driven investigative reporting, from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. The through-line across both careers: translating concepts and complex topics into stories for unfamiliar audiences.

During my five years in healthcare advertising, I collaborated directly with FDA and CDC officials, medical directors, and pharmaceutical companies to develop and launch 12+ novel treatment campaigns in immunology and oncology, including the first infant RSV immunization. I navigated FDA red tape, influential pharmaceutical interests, and deadline pressure while creating copy that told the truth and moved people to advocate for themselves and their health. I’m now a freelance copywriter working across industries and audiences when I’m not on the reporting clock.

As a journalist, I've primarily covered public health, emerging technology, and government accountability, including a first-of-its-kind data investigation into lead levels in NYC's drinking water. That story put me on the map, generating follow-on coverage by more than 50 outlets nationwide; three months later, the EPA announced $3 billion in lead remediation funding for high-risk cities like New York. While reporting this investigation for The City Reporter, I covered NYC's historic 2025 mayoral election, campaign finance, urban sustainability, emerging technology, and federal policy.

As an education reporter for Chalkbeat NY, I broke some of the first stories on New York City's emerging school AI policy. I've also contributed work on rural healthcare access to Healthbeat.org. My work finds the structural failures, makes them legible to a broad audience, and builds the tools that help people understand how it affects each of their lives. I also have ten years of experience and a Master’s specialization in data analysis, coding, and custom-built interactives across industries, and my belief that a well-built map or visualization can reach people a 2,000-word explainer never will has only grown stronger over time. I've also built reusable newsroom analysis and investigative reporting tools for the next era of journalism and media aggregation.

See my work page for all bylines, and check out my GitHub for all custom builds and works-in-progress!