About

My goal is to make complex international stories clear and approachable.

My reporting has taken me to Armenia, where I have covered the 2026 parliamentary elections at a crucial juncture for a country looking to break from Russian influence and move toward the West, along with the risk of Russian influence in the elections. I’ve reported on the quality of life amid a tense ceasefire along the border with Azerbaijan.

I’ve also traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to cover the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on the cross-border cattle trade. In New York, I’ve examined Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 multilingual mayoral campaign and how it changed the way candidates run in a diverse place like New York City, a piece that was a finalist for the SPJ Region One Mark of Excellence award. I’ve also covered the 79th UN General Assembly and spoke to local Iranians in the city about navigating the emotions in the shadow of an ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran.

As a former Report for America corps member, I spent nearly three years covering housing insecurity and economic development for the Fort Worth Report. I investigated barriers to affordable housing and how the head of a city-backed tax break for a project had direct ties to the city council. My stories were recognized by the local SPJ chapter and the Texas Managing Editors Association.

I have a bachelor’s degree from Texas State University and a master’s from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. As an undergraduate, I worked on my student newspaper, The University Star, as a reporter and then an editor. I participated in my school’s award-winning Model Arab League team and published a research paper on Western media’s self-censorship during the 2006 Lebanon War and my thesis, “War in Yemen: Costs and Benefits of U.S. involvement.”

I am fluent in English and French and conversational in Arabic and Spanish. I have lived and reported across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.