I’m a storyteller, a writer, a researcher, an investigator, an anchor, a videographer, a video editor, a digital publisher, a volunteer, a board member, a public speaker, an ad libber and a live reporter, but no matter the task — I’m a worker up for any challenge, and I’m motivated by an incessant desire to drive positive change.
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My months-long investigation into the state’s incessant technology problems revealed widespread delays in critical healthcare payments to Colorado’s most vulnerable populations.
uncovering government failures hurting tens of thousands with disabilities
EMPOWERING communities
Tackling another complex pollution issue, I set out to inform community members about an underground plume of toxic chemicals from a landfill that's traveled near hundreds of homes, and the potential health risks associated. This is a story I researched, shot, wrote, and video edited completely on my own.
field reporting
I traveled to Colorado’s Western Slope to document controversial wild horse round ups on public lands. In these stories, I illuminate the use of millions of federal tax dollars each year, to subsidize a few small business owners. I researched, wrote, and video edited both of these stories.
shining a light after
mass tragedy
Victims of different mass shootings question a lack of oversight of the millions of dollars collected for their cause. I researched, wrote, and video edited both of these stories.
Thousands of Lakewood residents may have an elevated cancer risk, according my analysis of state and federal studies. This is a story I researched, shot, wrote, and video edited completely on my own. I also created the motion graphics featured in the story.
health investigations:
detailed research into toxic pollution concerns
In this bilingual investigation, I uncovered a criminal fraud scheme in Denver preying on the thousands of migrants fleeing violence and extreme poverty in South and Central America. I video edited this story.
going undercover:
exposing migrant exploitation
There's a $17 billion need to fix deteriorating Colorado school buildings right now, but I learned there's no more money left to go around. The state treasurer tells me it’s a “crisis.” I traveled to a rural school nestled among the towering formations of Colorado’s San Juan Mountain Range to show viewers the deplorable conditions under which some children are forced to learn. I researched, wrote, shot, and video edited this story myself.
HIGHLIGHTING dire problems IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Untangling unemployment failures
Since 2020, I have covered numerous stories exposing the state’s failures with its unemployment insurance system. As a result of my reporting, I’ve helped dozens of Coloradans receive nearly $200,000 total in unemployment money the state owed them for months without answers. I researched, wrote, and video edited this story.
exposing widespread
UTILITY DELAYS
I found months-long delays for new solar customers in Colorado, and a serious potential for brown- or black-outs due to the increase in electric vehicles, just because the state’s power grid infrastructure is out of date.
I spoke exclusively with the mother of a teen allegedly killed by a Walgreens co-worker, who had previously reported harassment to supervisors, but was told to work with him anyway. Her mother tells me she impacted countless lives.
storytelling from the heart
data-driven reporting
In an national investigative collaboration with the CBS News Innovation Lab, I found about a third of all students arrested in Colorado public schools last year had disabilities. I video edited this piece and created the motion graphics in the story.
The Denver Housing Authority began radon testing and mitigation following my bilingual investigation exposing high radon levels and a lack of action in Denver’s public housing units.
STORYTELLING THAT GETS RESULTS
A series of investigative reports I published over two years uncovering egregious neglect and abuse in some of Colorado’s assisted living centers led to lawmakers successfully passing new regulations to better hold negligent facilities accountable and train facility operators. I researched, wrote, and video edited this story.
Investigative REPORTING THAT DRIVES CHANGE
Amid criticism of Denver Public Schools’ safety policies, I obtained new data showing staff reported 486 threats made by students across all DPS schools, which is an increase of 125 more threats this school year than last year. Click here to see the threat numbers I found last school year.
According to my data analysis, 144 of the threats were considered high-level threats – 50 more high-level threats made by students than last year. I researched, wrote, and video edited this story.
REVEALING CRITICAL SCHOOL THREAT DATA
I uncovered closed-door arguments between a school district and a local police department about school resource officers. Police wanted SROs on campus, but the school district was adamantly against them. This is a story I researched, wrote, shot, and video edited on my own.
exposing heated debates over safety in schools
EXCLUSIVE REPORTING
Body camera video I obtained exclusively is serving as a roadmap to improve future school shooting responses and better train first responders, according to a local sheriff. I obtained this video after requesting it for more than two years. I wrote and video edited this story.
PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING - HELPING YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
An Aurora woman claims paramedics put her life at risk when they wouldn't take her to the hospital of her choice. Emergency experts tell me the city could be liable for her higher out-of-network hospital bills. I conducted all of the research and writing myself for this story.
As part of my ongoing coverage of PFAS problems, I found the U.S. Air Force paid $9 million for a new water treatment facility in the city of Fountain, a community south of Colorado Springs, due to past military activities that may have contaminated the city's water supply, which some residents claimed made them sick. I conducted all of the research, writing, and video editing for this story.
Showcasing solutions
reporting on ev fire-fighting risks
Electric vehicle purchases are soaring in Colorado, but firefighters are facing serious challenges when these EVs catch fire. I found an explosion that happened inside a home in Erie is bringing the concerns to the forefront for one local fire department.
sharing personal stories
In this piece, which I wrote, shot, and video edited for air on WALA FOX10 News in Mobile, Ala., I tell the story of my parents, who learned decades after their wedding that true love really does conquer all. I wrote, shot, and video edited this story.
The perfect match: Wife donates kidney to husband