Hi. I’m a writer and researcher covering nature, culture, and climate change.

I enjoy crafting reportage with strong characters that reveal connections to place, and the complexities and contradictions of being human. I’ve reported on mining, wildfires, migration, health, transit, and conservation from the U.S., Thailand, Rwanda, India, and South Africa. On the culture beat, I’ve covered emotions tied to ecological loss, and how language and poetry shape power and politics.

My work is published by CBC News, Courrier International, Hakai Magazine, In These Times, PBS, Mongabay, Pacific Standard, The Polis Project, Popular Science, Sapiens Magazine, Sierra Magazine, The New Republic, The Tyee, and others. My reporting was supported The Pulitzer Center and CivicStory.

I hold a graduate degree in political ecology and climate change from the Yale School of the Environment, and a master’s in international law and human rights from New York University. I am a member of the National Writers Union and The Uproot Project.

I’m currently based in the New York metro area, and I’ve lived in—and gained appreciation for—cities in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In the past, I worked in international development for the World Bank, UNDP, and UNICEF.

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