selected work
copywriting
“Raising Lina,” Ztalmy campaign, Heartbeat, 2022. Assigned to write a magazine-style portrait, based on interviews and photographs, of a caregiver to a child with a rare genetic disorder.
2014 Annual Report, Child Center of NY. Developed concept, directed photography, and wrote this impact report for a $40M youth mental health nonprofit in New York City.
Romanian grandmother makes cheese, Heifer International, 2013. Original art and text, from interviews and photos, describing the process of cheesemaking to accompany an article about small-scale livestock development.
Coffee from plant to cup, Heifer International, 2012. Concept, original art, and text, based on interviews and photos, explaining coffee production in Mexico.
illustrations
Unfair Trade, and Unfair Trade 2, Heifer International, 2019. Tasked with illustrating the hidden cost of coffee production. Developed concept, created, and photographed.
gator hunting, and gator hunter, Arkansas Times, 2022. Illustrations for a story on extreme hunting.
journalism
The Saints Go Marching In; Washington Post Magazine, 2007. A story I pitched, reported and wrote about the Mormon church—which banned Black members until 1978—proselytizing in African-American neighborhoods. Examined many perspectives on the issue through conversations with Black and white Mormons, scholars, and community members.
Wild by Nature, Shaped by Captivity: the Modern Zoo Animal; Washington Post Magazine, 2012. Examined the pros and cons of modern zoos through interviews with experts and several months of reporting at the National Zoo.
New York Times parenting blog post, 2014, for the Child Center of NY. Op-ed style response, based on interviews with mental health professionals, to running back Adrian Peterson hitting his son with a switch.
article for global development org Heifer International, 2020, the restorative and economic power of small farming based on onsite reporting in Ecuador and Guatemala