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, 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, Sierra Magazine, The New Republic, and others. I’ve been been awarded grants and fellowships by the Pulitzer Center, NYU Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship, Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, and CivicStory.

I hold a graduate degree in social 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 Uproot Project. In the past, I was a social scientist for the World Bank; and worked in international development for UNDP and UNICEF.

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