Welcome! I’m a bridge builder with a passion for redirecting resources to the right places through journalism, research, public speaking, and nonprofit
work. I’m currently working as Deputy Chief of Staff at Compass Pro
Bono, connecting local nonprofits and local business professionals
to forge stronger communities. I've spent the last 10 years engaging
with homelessness, poverty, and criminal justice through journalism and research. I believe that storytelling and human-centered research can effect social change, and I've always sought to contribute to narratives about social issues that view lived experience as a unique and important form of knowledge.
Research
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accessible through the University of Cape Town's Centre for Social Science Research, April 2020
Undergraduate Senior Thesis @ Princeton
Junior Independent Work @ Princeton
Final Paper for Matthew Desmond's Poverty in America course @ Princeton
Speaking
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At the TEDxPrincetonU conference in 2018, I spoke about the importance of humanizing homelessness by talking to people on the streets, learning their stories, and integrating them into our communities.
I was chosen by my classmates as the inaugural student speaker for the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Class Day ceremony, an annual event.
I prepared and presented a talk about homelessness in the Midwest, with a focus on relational poverty in the homeless community, for the 2020 Midstory Talks event.
At the TEDxPrincetonU conference in 2018, I spoke about the importance of humanizing homelessness by talking to people on the streets, learning their stories, and integrating them into our communities.
Audio Journalism
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Written Journalism
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July 2017
Aug 2017
