About Me

I'm a writer, environmental journalist, and photographer with an appreciation for slow, overlooked natural and cultural phenomena. Often, this means telling climate-centered stories from communities experiencing changes to their lands and waters — and health, kitchen tables, and bank accounts by extension.

I currently report for Circle of Blue, a nonprofit newsroom that centers freshwater storytelling. I also write two newsletters: the twice-weekly Stream, which contextualizes international water news, and Fresh, which shares weekly environmental policy updates from Great Lakes states.

Prior to this life chapter I held fellowships and reporting roles with WFMT Chicago, Sierra Magazine, Grid News, and Smithsonian Magazine. My work has also appeared in outlets such as Discover, The Progressive, Prism Magazine, NowThis, and Atlas Obscura.

For two years I lived and worked in Alaska, communicating science and sharing photography with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and International Arctic Research Center. I am now based in Chicago.

In 2021 I graduated from Northwestern University with a double major in journalism and poetry, and in 2022 with a master's degree in environmental, health, and science reporting.

I'm grateful to have received university awards for both my journalism and poetry.