Our existence is made up of stories.
Where you were born, your 6th birthday party, your first date (whether it was amazing or horrible), your average Tuesday.
But stories often come from questions, too. How did that town get its name? Why is this particular species going extinct? What bills are being considered for child care and housing?
My job is to research, wrestle with and search for answers to these questions. But I think the real way we do that is not just in front of a laptop, but in front of faces.
You'll rarely find me sitting in a chair. I’m out in the community, willing to go everywhere to hear the stories across our state. I've rode up poma lifts to talk with Nordic Combined athletes and flown in a Black Hawk Helicopter to chat with firefighters and other wildfire officials.
I care deeply about writing stories that make you think twice about an issue you may have never heard of or thought about. I value sitting in the silence and allowing my sources to share that one lingering thought that often goes unsaid. I pay attention to the tiniest details - from patterned backpacks to empty fridges - because, in most stories, they matter a lot.
As the world becomes faster by the minute, I think we need to return back to the old-fashioned story.
That's my goal here: to tell stories that keep the conversation going. I want to keep asking why until my understanding is deepened and the community is properly informed.
I am here to tell your story. What do you want to share?
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Currently, I'm the General Assignment Reporter for KUNC, keeping local audiences up-to-date on news in our backyard. Each town throughout Northern Colorado contains detailed stories about its citizens and their challenges, and I love sitting with members of the community and hearing what they have to say.
I was formerly KUNC's Reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau — a regional reporting collaboration between several NPR-affiliate stations across the West. Before coming to Colorado, I worked for Arizona PBS and KJZZ, the NPR-affiliate station in Arizona — so public media is running through my veins.
My sound-rich spot work on the Great American Beer Fest recently won first place at the 2025 PMJA Awards. The feature I contributed to our Unseen But Everywhere series about housing insecurity and education among Colorado youth won top honors at the 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, the 2025 Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards and the Top Of The Rockies Awards hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists. I've also been recognized at the National Hearst Championship and the BEA Festival of Media Arts.
When I’m not reporting on your stories, you can find me sinking a disc golf putt, sipping my second cup of black tea or handmaking my own greeting cards.