Is a reporter with the ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit. (Photo: Bettina Hansen, The Seattle Times) She is a San Antonio native and a 10th-generation Texan. She has previously taught journalism at the University of Washington, Texas State University and Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Her master’s thesis film, “In His Blood,” about the lives of overnight television news videographers, was named the best documentary short at the 2009 San Antonio Film Festival. in English and master’s of journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialty in documentary film. She graduated from Rice University with a B.A. Her six-part project “The Next Million” explored gentrification, affordable housing, changing demographics and other urban issues in San Antonio, winning the Best of the West 2017 Journalism Contest for online presentation. She previously reported for the San Antonio Express-News, where over 13 years she produced stories on city politics, regional transportation and criminal justice. Her work with the team was recognized by the Solutions Journalism Network as some of the best solutions reporting of 2018. She began with the project in 2017 as a reporter, before becoming editor in 2019. Previously, she was the editor of The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless initiative, which examines the causes and effects of homelessness in the Seattle region. Is a reporter with the ProPublica/Texas Tribune investigative unit.

Cactus music black friday 2018 hours