Experience

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  The Verge

  • Book and Periodical Publishing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Senior Science Reporter

    • Oct 2023 - Present

    I lead our coverage of clean energy and the environment at The Verge. "Power Shift," my story about one neighborhood’s fight for clean energy in New Orleans, was published in the 2022 HarperCollins anthology, The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

  • Science Reporter

    • Aug 2019 - Oct 2023

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  Vox Media

  • New York, New York, United States

  • Host of the podcast Hell or High Water

    • Nov 2021 - Present
    • New York, New York, United States

    Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home | In this series from Vox Media and Audible Originals, we visit six communities across the US that are contending with disaster. We go beyond crisis coverage to explore the deeper questions: When disaster hits, what forces determine who stays, who goes, and what we do with what’s left? How did we get here in the first place? How far does our sense of community extend? Once land, cities, and buildings are repaired, who do we become? How do we keep remaking our sense of home?Listen here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Hell-or-High-Water-When-Disaster-Hits-Home-Podcast/B0C15QVQLM

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  The City College of New York

  • New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Adjunct Lecturer

    • Jan 2020 - May 2020
    • New York City Metropolitan Area

    Developed curriculum and taught a nonfiction climate writing class for the MFA program at The City College of New York. Transitioned to distance learning midway through the semester due to COVID-19.

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  Grist

  • United States
  • Online Audio and Video Media
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Staff Writer

    • May 2018 - Aug 2019

    Covering Environmental Justice & Health

  • Environmental Justice Fellow

    • Oct 2017 - May 2018

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  The Nation Institute

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Ida B. Wells Fellow, The Investigative Fund

    • Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
    • Greater New York City Area

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  CBS Corporation

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Story Coordinator, Inside Edition

    • Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
    • Greater New York City Area

    Late Night Assignment DeskAmerica’s Number One News Magazine Show

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  The GroundTruth Project

  • Boston, MA

  • Global Health & Climate Change Reporting Fellow

    • Jun 2015 - Nov 2016
    • Boston, MA

    • Spent one month in the Philippines reporting on climate change for the GroundTruth Project, a digital media organization supporting the next generation of foreign correspondents. Explored how climate change is making women and children in typhoon-affected communities more vulnerable to gender-based violence and human trafficking • Attended 2015 & 2016 UN conferences on climate change in Paris & Marrakech; covered the adoption of the Paris agreement and how the election of Donald Trump could affect its implementation. Produced two podcast episodes about how communities around the world are already being impacted by climate change and how youth activists are taking action• Spent three weeks in Hong Kong and Guangzhou reporting on environmental policy. Wrote a 2,000-word article published on The Huffington Post about China’s economic, social and political motivations to address climate change• Reported on global preparedness for infectious disease epidemics as part of a special report published on PBS’ NOVA Next. Wrote 3,500-word investigation of an Ebola drug killed by congressional inaction two years before outbreak in West Africa• Serve as an editorial advisory board member representing the interests of youth journalists and freelancers

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  Quartz, NBC Asian America, WNYC, etc.

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Freelance Reporter

    • 2015 - 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    • Contributing writer for Quartz. Wrote features and created data visualizations about migration, energy and human rights• Wrote a 2,000-word feature about the deportation of Southeast Asian refugees for NBC Asian America• Produced a radio feature and wrote about tech in NYC public schools for WNYC SchoolBook

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  Khmer Girls In Action

  • Long Beach, CA

  • Media & Program Coordinator

    • Sep 2010 - Jul 2014
    • Long Beach, CA

    • Developed leadership of over 120 Southeast Asian American high school students while coordinating Young Women’s Empowerment Program• Wrote media advisories, press releases, newsletters, organizational and campaign communications • Developed relationships with media outlets and secured coverage from Los Angeles Times, California Watch, PBS and Al Jazeera America• Created content for organization’s website using WordPress platform; engaged community members through social media using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Thunderclap• Produced series of five videos documenting the experiences of Cambodian American youth

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  VoiceWaves, Long Beach Post, Salamin Magazine

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Freelance Reporter

    • 2012 - 2014
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    • Covered Southeast Asian refugees and LGBT communities for the Long Beach Post, a local digital and print publication• Wrote features and produced short videos about healthcare, housing and youth for Voicewaves Long Beach, a project of New America Media, the largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations• Supported magazine launch, wrote profiles and features for Salamin, a magazine of Filipino American arts and culture

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  AmeriCorps

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Public Ally, Los Angeles

    • Sep 2010 - Jul 2011
    • Greater Los Angeles Area