I’m a writer and journalist who reports and produces for Arts Access, a journalism partnership between KERA and The Dallas Morning News. I cover the intersection of money, labor and the economy with arts and culture. 

I also enjoy writing about food pathways, whether I’m looking into a nonprofit trying to grow the number of Black farmers in Texas, labor shortages at the state fair or how a local boba shop used crowdfunding to launch their business. 

Previously, I freelanced as a modern arts reporter at Houstonia Magazine and a features reporter at the Houston Chronicle. I also worked as a news fellow covering politics and breaking news at CNBC. 

My work has been published by APM’s Marketplace, NPR’s Weekend Edition, WBUR’s Here & Now, cnbc.com, Yahoo! Finance, The Houston Chronicle, Associated Press, Houstonia Magazine, Eater NY and Rice Magazine. I was a part of Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices program in 2021 and was a Poynter-Koch Fellow in 2023-2024. For my innovation project, I tabled at community events and started conversations with people about deep fakes, misinformation and sensationalism.

My reporting on Asian American communities won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and Texas Broadcast News Award. I also reported on Dallas County’s weatherization assistance program for Season 2 of KUT’s award-winning podcast The Disconnect that looks into Texas’ catastrophic 2021 blackout.