I’m a freelance writer and journalist with a focus on health and the environment.

My reporting covers a wide range of topics, from aging and agriculture to food and climate change.

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MY WORK

  • Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

    Jubilee Justice helps small-holder Black farmers in the South grow specialty rice with a “dry-land” method shown to lower the global warming potential of rice production by 25 percent on average.

    Civil Eats

  • Can Cooking in Community Slow Dementia and Diabetes?

    Online cooking classes for older people of color in Oakland could delay the onset of diet-related diseases—and provide a host of other benefits, too.

    Civil Eats

  • Black Birth Matters

    George Stoney’s 1953 film All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story resonates with today’s crisis of Black maternal mortality and photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier.

    Leuven University Press

  • For Farmers, Fitness Programs Can Improve Mental Health, Too

    In agricultural communities, strength training and stretches are helping both physical and mental well-being.

    Civil Eats

  • A Debut Southern Cookbook Challenges Simplified Notions of Black Cuisine

    The debut cookbook from “Top Chef” alum Ashleigh Shanti features recipes from five micro-regions of the American South.

    Civil Eats

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Available for writing, editing, and teaching opportunities.