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  • “Almost two years since Kabul fell, a frayed refugee system creates obstacles for Afghans in Texas,” The Texas Tribune, June 6, 2023, Reporting, data reporting & visualizations

  • “Toxic benzene lingered for weeks after shelter-in-place warnings ended following 2019 Houston-area chemical fire,” The Texas Tribune, April 27, 2023

  • “After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis,” The Texas Tribune, Jan. 5, 2023, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “For teens in Deep East Texas, accessing sex education and contraception is next to impossible,” The Texas Tribune, Jan. 4, 2023, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Abortion rights supporters struggle to keep issue top of mind for Texas voters,” The Texas Tribune, Oct. 19, 2022, Data reporting

  • “Here’s how much Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke have raised in the race for Texas governor,” The Texas Tribune, Oct. 13, 2022

  • “Texas bans many proven tools for helping drug users. Advocates are handing them out anyway.” The Texas Tribune, Oct. 11, 2022, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Migrant encounters at the border are higher today than they were before Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star began,” The Texas Tribune, Sept. 28, 2022, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Hispanic Texans may now be the state’s largest demographic group, new census data shows,” The Texas Tribune, Sept. 15, 2022, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Texas is facing its worst drought since 2011. Here’s what you need to know.” The Texas Tribune, Aug. 19, 2022, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines,” The Texas Tribune, Aug. 2, 2022, Data reporting & visualizations

  • “Texas’ complex relationship with firearms: Leading America in gun sales, but with a declining gun ownership rate,” The Texas Tribune, July 28, 2022, Reporter & data visualizations

  • “War takes a toll on mental health, but getting psychiatric medications to conflict zones is still a work in progress,” Texas Standard, May 10, 2022, Reporter/producer

  • “Addiction experts warn: Texas push for online sports betting is a public health gamble,” Texas Standard, March 10, 2022, Reporter/producer

  • “‘The First Shots’: A tale of messy, warp-speed collaboration that gave us the COVID-19 vaccines,” Texas Standard, Feb. 11, 2022, Producer

  • “Staff vaccinations climbed at some Texas nursing homes; less is known about assisted living facilities,” Texas Standard, Jan. 20, 2022, Data reporter, producer

  • “Why critics say Texas’ new ‘good Samaritan’ law for overdoses doesn’t go far enough,” Texas Standard, Nov. 12, 2021, Producer

  • “A new Texas A&M program could give nurses a way forward in a profession battered by COVID,” Texas Standard, Nov. 10, 2021, Producer

  • “Despite looming deadline, most staff vaccination rates didn’t change between August and September,” Texas Standard, Oct. 20, 2021, Reporter, producer, data visualizations

  • “For Texas Nursing Homes, The Biggest Challenge From Delta Variant Is Maintaining Staff,” Texas Standard, Aug. 18, 2021, Copy editor, data vizualizations

  • “Media literacy can be crucial for making informed pandemic-related health decisions,” Texas Standard, July 28, 2021, Producer

  • “Texas Telemedicine Rules Are Changing. Here’s What You Can Expect.” Texas Standard, July 22, 2021, Producer

  • “Critical Decisions: Which Texas Leaders Call The Shots On COVID-19,” Texas Standard, May 28, 2021, Data reporter & visualizations, producer

  • “The Long Haul: Texas And The Pandemic,” Texas Standard, March 12, 2021, Data viz/mapping

  • “Facilities For Older, Disabled Texans Faced Storm-Related Problems,” Texas Standard, Feb. 24, 2021, Data visualizations

  • “Vaccine Hesitancy Could Keep Many Texans From Getting A COVID Shot,” Texas Standard, Dec. 28, 2020, Reporter

  • “Critical Decisions: Which Texas Leaders Call The Shots On COVID-19,” Texas Standard, Dec. 4, 2020, Data reporter/producer (Versión en español)

  • “Ofrenda: A Decimation Of People, A Celebration Of Life,” Texas Standard, Oct. 30, 2020, Digital editor, (Click through for versions en español)

  • “People In ICE Detention Centers Are 15 Times More Likely To Have COVID-19,” Houston Public Media/The Texas Newsroom, July 21, 2020, Data visualizations

  • “An Information Battle Looms If A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Approved,” Texas Standard, July 6, 2020, Reporter/producer (Versión en español)

  • “(Re)Visiting the border wall: It’s the talk of Texas,” Texas Standard, June 30, 2021, Newsletter editor

  • “Election Officials Consider Reroute Of Senior Facility Voting,” Texas Standard, March 18, 2020, Reporter/producer

  • “How You Feel About Homelessness Could Hinge On Your Faith In Capitalism,” Texas Standard, Feb. 25, 2020, Reporter/producer

  • “Spotlight On Mental Health,” special one-hour show, Texas Standard, Nov. 28, 2019, Reporter/producer, digital editor

  • The Compass: Media Front: USA, BBC, Sept. 18, 2019, Reporter/producer

  • “Will New Funding And A Comprehensive Plan Be Enough To Bring Change To State Psychiatric Hospitals?” Texas Standard, June 28, 2019, Reporter/producer

  • “Influencers: Frauds or the Future of Online Commerce?” The Atlantic’s Crazy/Genius podcast, June 2019, Producer

  • Tai Asks Why podcast, Season 2, CBC, May 2019, field producer

  • “Not Just for Soldiers: Civilians With PTSD Struggle to Find Effective Therapy,” NPR Shots/Kaiser Health News, May 20, 2019, Reporter

  • “Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out of Texas Foster Care Without Documentation,” Texas Standard, Feb. 2019, Copy editor

  • “How VA-Trained Psychiatrists Are Bringing Their Skills to Civilians With PTSD,” Marketplace, Nov. 28, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • “The Women of Texas's Secret Resistance,” WNYC’s The United States of Anxiety podcast, Oct. 25, 2018, Reporter/producer (also on The New Yorker Radio Hour: Nov. 2, 2018)

  • “How Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma Forge Their Own Paths to Recovery,” Texas Standard, Sept. 17, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "An Integrated Approach Ensures Better Health Care for Mind and Body," Texas Standard, Aug. 7, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "A New Child Psychiatry Fellowship Could Make Midland a Boomtown for Mental Health Services," Texas Standard, July 18, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "In West Texas, Psychiatrists Are Few and Far Between — And That's a Problem," Texas Standard, July 17, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "Texas Clinics Busting Traditional Silos of Mental and Physical Health Care," Kaiser Health News/Washington Post, July 9, 2018, Reporter

  • “Death by Yoga,” Audible Originals podcast, June 2018, Producer, writer, editor

  • "How Texas Is Busting the Traditional Silos of Mental and Physical Health Care," KUT News, March 30, 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "The Education of Cai Chen," Texas Health Journal (a publication of the University of Texas System’s Department of Population Health) January 2018, Reporter/producer

  • "Mexican Fizzy Water Starts Bubbling in the US," Marketplace, Aug. 11, 2016, Reporter/producer

  • "Shortage of Vets in the Valley Could Pose Problems for Cattle Farmers," Texas Standard, Aug. 2, 2016, Reporter/producer

  • "Out Of The Blue: 50 Years After The UT Tower Shooting," Texas Standard, Aug. 1, 2016, Production assistant

  • "88 Years Ago, Houston Hosted the Country's Democratic Convention," Texas Standard, July 22, 2016, Producer

  • "Why an Art Curator Left New York for Houston's Menil Collection," Texas Standard, July 15, 2016, Producer

  • "Topo Chico Is Bubbling Up Into the Mainstream," Texas Standard, July 7, 2016, Reporter/producer

  • "How Houston Became a Star Player in the Copa America," Texas Standard, June 21, 2016, Producer

  • "3 West Texas Books About Key City," Texas Standard, June 13, 2016, Producer

  • "Law Enforcement in Texas Still a Man's World," The Dallas Morning News, May 2015, Reporter

  • "In Diverse Texas, Whites Dominate Police Ranks," Reporting Texas, May 8, 2015, Reporter

  • (Everything produced, written and edited for Texas Standard here)


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