selected Clips

“The Cult That Sold #Empowerment”
Glamour, September 2019

"New Yorkers Celebrate Second Chance in Sex-Crimes Justice"
Courthouse News, August 2019

“Trial of NXIVM Leader to Put Spotlight on Cult Prosecutions”
Courthouse News, May 2019

"For Victims of a Little-Known Genocide, a Long Journey to Justice"
Courthouse News, March 2019

“El Chapo Trial Thin on Causes and Effects of Illicit Drug Trade”
Courthouse News, January 2019

"As US tightens stance on migrants and refugees, is Mexico prepared to take more?"
Published in The Christian Science Monitor; reporting supported by an International Women's Media Foundation fellowship, January 2018

"How Two Trans Salvadoran Migrants Found Peace in Tijuana" 
Published in VICE; reporting supported by an International Women's Media Foundation fellowship, November 2017

“Why don’t people watch women’s sports? Ask sports journalists”
The Nation, July 2016

“We broke up. Then we landed in the ER.”
The Washington Post, March 2016

“This Old House”
Washington City Paper, October 2014

“Prettier Than He Looks”
Charlotte Magazine, May 2013

“How Basketball Broke My Heart: Tales from the Benches”
Winner of the Charles E. Lloyd award in nonfiction writing at Davidson College; this essay became part of The Rebounders prologue, March 2012

"Cutting Steak With Scissors" 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 2010