Researcher and journalist writing about the carceral state, race, and disability.
I study the mechanisms behind systems of political power and the people who are most impacted by them. Currently, I am a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School and Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s Government department, where I am also a Presidential Scholar and Stone Ph.D. Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration. I am also a fellow at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. When I am not at CGIS, I play violin and flute in the Harvard GSAS orchestra, compete on a gymnastics team, serve as a Resident Tutor in Adams House, and carefully avoid collisions in Boston’s bike lanes.
Researcher
I am currently conducting research with Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University’s Access to Justice Lab, University of Chicago’s Department of Sociology, and Stanford University’s Department of Sociology. Previously, I conducted research with Yale University’s School of Management, Duke University’s Department of Economics, Oxfam America, the United Nations, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, the Illinois Justice Project, and more.
Journalist
Longform Features, Profiles, and Investigations
My work has been featured in outlets including The Guardian, Slate, The New Republic, Newsweek, SELF, Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Injustice Watch, and more. I am currently working on a longform series on migration in the 21st century.
I'm proud that my sources are always as diverse as the world we live in.
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