Selected articles and features from my days as a freelance journalist.

LONG FORM

• "The Stress of Family Separation Permanently Damage Migrant Children," Rolling Stone, 6/22/18

• "SESTA Is Already Having Devastating Impacts on Sex Workers—Just Like They Predicted (Updated)," Rewire News Group (Rewire), 4/2/18

• "Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System," Austin Chronicle, 10/20/17

• "Hemp Wars: Inside the Fight for Federally Legal CBD," Rolling Stone, 4/19/17

• "The FDA Might Pull The Only Treatment for a Rare Form of Muscular Dystrophy," Vice, 4/12/17

• "The Mental and Physical Trauma of 750,000 DACA Kids Living in Limbo," Yes! Magazine, 3/3/17

• "Nobody Inspires Presidential Porn Like Donald J. Trump," Esquire, 1/26/17

• "How Undocumented Texas Immigrants Are Preparing For President Trump," Rolling Stone, 12/30/16

• "How the Military Creates a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Eating Disorders (Updated)," Rewire, 2/21/14

• "At Swarthmore and Other Colleges, Students Say Sexual Assault Is a Persistent—and Often Mishandled—Problem," Rewire, 8/8/13

• "How Domestic Violence Survivors Get Evicted From Their Homes After Calling the Police," Rewire, 6/4/13

SHORT FORM

• "New York Shelter Will Let Domestic Violence Survivors Live With Their Pets," Rewire, 6/13/18

• "When Suicide Happens at Immigration Detention Centers, Who Is to Blame?," Vice, 5/26/17

• "Why Country Music Sings About Drugs More Than Any Other Genre," Rolling Stone, 5/4/2017

• "Hospitals Didn't Give Rape Victims Emergency Contraception," Teen Vogue, 4/26/17

• "For Whom the Bells Toll," Austin Chronicle, 8/5/2016

• "New Pennsylvania Bill Is Just One Step Toward Helping Survivors of Economic Abuse," 7/27/16

• "Women in Jail Are Being Denied Tampons, Pads, and Basic Human Dignity," Vice, 3/28/16

• "New Jersey’s New Bill May Indicate Changing Views Toward ‘Death With Dignity’," Rewire, 12/4/16

• "CityViews: City’s Arts High Schools Must Focus on Talent Rather Than Tests," City Limits, 10/28/16

• "Long Accused of Mistreatment, Philly Police Try to Build Trust Among Transgender People," Next City, 2/26/14

HEALTH REPORTING

• "Transgender Young People Are More Often Diagnosed With Mental Illnesses, Research Shows," Teen Vogue, 4/20/18

• "You Can't Reverse a Medical Abortion, Scientists Say," Teen Vogue, 2/6/18

• "Can Online Clinics Help Get PrEP to People Who Need It?," TheBody, 8/11/17

• "HIV Vaccine Shows Over 50% Protection Against Multiple HIV Strains in Initial Animal Testing," TheBody, 7/14/17

• "Is Nano-Medicine the Future of HIV Treatment?," TheBody, 6/28/17

• "From New York to Texas, Gender-Affirming and Trans-Competent Health Care Emerges," TheBody, 6/19/17

• "What Psychedelics Really Do to Your Brain," Rolling Stone, 3/9/17

• "3D Printed Skin Could Be a Game-Changer for Scars and Burns," Vice, 2/9/17

• "Why Aren't HIV Prevention Pills Going to the People Who Need Them?," Rolling Stone, 10/24/16

• "On Treatment and Uninfectious, Women With HIV Still Shamed by Misinformed Providers, Public," TheBody, 9/22/16

• "Sandtray Therapy Unlocks Austin's Inner Child," Austin Chronicle, 9/29/16

• "Medicaid Coverage for Transition-Related Care ‘Is Really a Life-or-Death Issue’," Rewire, 4/6/16