Experience: Nationally recognized communications writer and editor since 2015, following two decades as a journalist in California, Latin America, Moscow, and Washington, DC. Winner 2023 Webby Award, 2023 and 2024 Anthem Awards, and 2023 National Association of Black Journalists Award, all for content produced for Southern Poverty Law Center. Other clients include Ford Foundation, World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Natural Resources Defense Council. Former Pentagon Correspondent, Los Angeles Times and Mexico City Bureau Chief, Knight Ridder Newspapers. As a journalist, received Overseas Press Club Award and Associated Press Fairbanks Award for Public Policy, among other honors.
Skills: Write and edit complex reports, speeches, op-eds, promotional features, press releases, grant proposals, annual reports, and blog posts. Interview subjects and conduct research across the globe and synthesize complex information into agile copy. Formulate and analyze communications strategy. Provide writing coach services to groups and individuals.
Subject matter expertise: Civil rights and public interest law, United States -Latin American relations, narcotics, and immigration policies, national and international health care, national security, trade, Eastern Europe, and the environment.
Languages: Fluent in Spanish. Experience translating technical reports from Spanish to English.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in history and English from Dartmouth College.