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I am a multimedia reporter and educator with 15 years experience in the news-making industry, working inside 40 countries and territories. I graduated from the University of Florida and New York University with a B.S. in journalism and Latin American studies and an M.S. in tech management.

My work can be viewed in WSJ, AFP, NPR, The Daily Mail, The Miami Herald, and Bloomberg among others. In recent years, I've covered stories ranging from migrant caravans in Mexico for The Daily Mail to LGBTQ+ topics for VICE.

During summers I've led/taught expeditions for The New York Times and National Geographic across South America and Europe.

In the more distant past, I was a news editor at the Corbis Corporation and reporter at the African Refugee Development Center in the Middle East. At Corbis I oversaw various activities at high-tech startup Demotix News. Demotix won a Webby award (News, 2011) during my time as news editor for the site.

LECTURES & TEACHING

National Geographic Student Expeditions’ photography instructor and team leader for French and Swiss Alps expedition, 2019
The New York Times Student Journey program journalism instructor regarding rural healthcare and development in the Peruvian Andes, 2018
National Geographic Student Expeditions’ video production instructor and team leader for French and Swiss Alps expedition, 2018
PBS NewsHour Grantee - lecturing at Miami-Dade high schools about multimedia and storytelling, 2016-2017
The New York Times Student Journey journalism instructor of the “50 Years Of Political Conflict” trip in Colombia, 2017
Lecture at the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, during the United Nations COP20. Lectured on my experiences reporting in the Amazon Jungle and in the Andes Mountains and the current state of climate change and its effects in those regions, 2014

Case study on operations management and projections of Giorgio Armani S.p.A. within fashion industry and projections presented at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), 2012

EXHIBITION

Images exhibited at ‘The Show’ in West Palm Beach, Florida, 2017
Solo exhibition of ‘Equine I” photo series at the Sean Rush Atelier during the U.S. Polo Open Championship in West Palm Beach, Florida, 2016
“Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change” exhibition at Pancho Fierro Municipal Gallery of Art, in Lima, Peru, during United Nations COP20, 2014
“Visions and Voices” FlyIns exhibition, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2009
“Visions and Voices” FlyIns exhibition, Gainesville, Florida, 2009

NOTABLE AWARDS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS & MORE

TIME 100 Most Influential People | Photo of Jair Bolsonaro, 2020
BuzzFeed "Most Powerful Photos of the Week”, 2019
Jury for Southern California California Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club, 2019
Jury for Best of Indiana Awards by Society of Professional Journalists, 2019
Associate Chair of National Press Photographers Association for Southeast United States, 2019
First Place in the Charlie Awards by Florida Magazine Association - Best Advertorial, 2018
Associate Chair of National Press Photographers Association for Southeast United States, 2018
PBS NewsHour Grantee - lecturing at Miami-Dade high schools about multimedia and storytelling, 2016-2017
Leader of National Press Photographers Association for the Miami area, 2016
“Photo of the Day” by Stern Magazine, Germany, 2014
CARE International Travel Grant to Madre de Dios region of the Amazon Jungle and Multiple regions within the Andes Mountain range, 2014
Editor’s Choice – Florida Bride Magazine, 2013
Editor’s Choice – Florida Bride Magazine, 2012
Webby Award in "News" category by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, 2011
Full scholarship from New York University Tandon School of Engineering and the Jewish Federation, 2010-2011
“Photo of the Week” by the Religion News Service, 2010
Karl and Madira Bickel Assistantship Recipient, 2009
Florida FlyIns Travel Grant with Pulitzer Prize winner John Kaplan, 2009
Ambassador of the Year by the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications Ambassadors, 2009