About

Since December 2024, I have been reporting on Maui County for Honolulu Civil Beat. I often focus on post-disaster recovery and efforts to rebuild following the deadly wildfires that devastated Lahaina and upcountry Maui in August 2023, but I’ve also written about a variety of environmental, cultural and political issues. In this role, I’ve written about the long-simmering tensions that were revealed when a wealthy couple attempted to rebuild their oceanfront home that burned down in the Lahaina wildfire, dark money’s influence on a local housing policy debate, wildfire survivors finding solace in horse therapy, how federal and local officials may have misled locals about the safety of wildfire burn zones and the battle to determine who could control one of Maui’s largest water sources for decades to come. I’ve tailed dump trucks as they hauled toxic fire debris to a permanent disposal, combed through data and public records to track the federal government’s investment in disaster recovery programs on Maui, hunted for invasive little fire ants with an ant-tracking dog named Freddie and photographed some of the rarest birds in the world.

Before moving to Hawai’i, I covered New York City and the surrounding region for The New York Times as a freelancer and a member of the 2023-24 fellowship class. My work at The Times brought me to a tiny school in the northern Catskills, an overcrowded animal shelter and the New York City courtroom where a judge delivered the final verdict in the criminal assault trial of Marvel actor Jonathan Majors. I drove through floodwaters in Upstate New York, interviewed protesters as they marched through the streets of Manhattan, danced with an artificial intelligence-powered robot designed to help lonely older adults and filed stories from the site of a fatal cargo ship fire in Newark, N.J. For five months, I reported on New York State politics from the Capitol in Albany.

Earlier in my career, I worked as an investigative and breaking news reporter for local newspapers in New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts: The Times Herald-Record, The Poughkeepsie Journal, The Journal News, The Salem News and The Eagle-Tribune. In those roles, I wrote about a family’s attempts to learn why their father was fatally shot by police, uncovered allegations of hazing and racism at a local high school, reported on the ways New York’s elderly and disabled residents were affected by a home-care worker shortage, interviewed presidential candidates from the campaign trail, investigated how 20th century urban renewal policies continue to affect upstate communities and discovered how an energy company kept plans to build a natural gas-powered plant in a residential community under wraps for more than five years.

My reporting has inspired political campaigns, sparked regional debates and prompted national coverage.

I'm originally from Hunterdon County, N.J. In 2019, I graduated cum laude from Emerson College — where I majored in journalism and minored in political science — after three years. In my free time, I love snorkeling, hiking, taking photos, traveling, crocheting and spoiling my cat Louise.

My resume can be viewed here.