About me
Hi! I am a journalist with roots in Wisconsin and interests all around the world. My work has appeared in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune, Morocco World News, BYU Radio, The Political Review, and various college magazines. I have also contributed research to The Atlantic.
We live in the Information Age, but this era might be more appropriately named the Misinformation Age. Exaggerations, minimizations, AI-generated footage, and general mistruths populate the modern information sphere. I’m interested in exploring what is real and what is not as an investigative journalist. I hope to tell stories that hold power to account and inspire human connection, particularly through the lens of gender, religion, and politics.
I am a current student at Brigham Young University in Utah, where I study political science and Arabic. As the recipient of the university’s most prestigious scholarship, the Wheatley Scholarship, I studied and taught other students about interfaith collaboration. I am extremely interested in data research and have been accepted for publication to several undergraduate journals, including the AEJMC and several of BYU’s internal publications. Finally, while at college, I have worked multiple journalism internships at various outlets, including one in Morocco, where I reported on democratic norm infringements up-close.
I became certain about my calling to be a journalist, and my mission to strengthen democratic norms through communication, from that experience.
I previously served an 18-month humanitarian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona. I subsequently worked for the Church in Washington, D.C. as an international affairs intern. Being a person of faith dedicates me all the more to my investigative mission, and uniquely positions me to report thoroughly and honestly on religion.
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Work highlights
Here are links to my work published outside this website.
The Salt Lake Tribune (author profile here)
“Inside Provo’s thrift-booth economy, where young women get help turning their closets into cash” (July 2026).
“‘We have unique spiritual gifts — what women are saying as they take charge of LDS Sunday schools” (July 2026).
“Conservative influencer’s new Utah County elections job raises ‘serious concerns’ among women in elected offices” (June 2026).
“Utah voters’ info will soon be available to anyone with $1,050. Here’s what to know” (April 2026, with Emily Anderson Stern).
Morocco World News (author profile here)
“How the '‘Weight of a Vote’ Has Gotten Lost Ahead of Morocco’s 2026 Elections” (April 2026).
“‘Society Needs to Approach Us and Learn Our Language’: The Deaf Side of Marrakech” (April 2026).
“Young Moroccans Want to Move Abroad. But They Can’t Find the Visas” (December 2025).
“Gen Z 212 Protests: Detainees Tell Their Stories” (October 2025).
“Timeline of Morocco’s Youth Protests” (October 2025, with Ashley Peterson).
The Deseret News (author profile here)
“Hey Chat, how much do you cost the environment when you answer my questions?” (May 2025).
“Here’s where Qatar is spending money to increase influence in the U.S.” (May 2025).
“A difficult era for American Jews, including in Utah” (March 2025).
“How this New York Times writer is approaching politics differently” (February 2025).
“Bill restricting transgender housing advances from House committee” (January 2025).
The Atlantic
“The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally” (July 2024, provided research for author McKay Coppins).
The Political Review (author profile here)
“What Peace Looks Like Through Another’s Eyes” (April 2026).
“Democracy Dies with a Whimper, Not with a Bang” (March 2026).
“It’s a Woman’s World” (February 2026).
BYU Radio
“Memory Ed” (August 2022).
“A Walk Towards Peace and Understanding in the Middle East,” (July 2022).
Other
“To Help Them Understand” (BYU CFAC 2025).
“God Isn’t One” (BYU Humanities Journal, spring 2025).
