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Global Nation Multiplatform Editor and Reporter

I was a multiplatform editor and reporter focused on education for PRI's Global Nation.

My area of concentration is on issues of race and social justice, as well as news updates and features from throughout the African Diaspora, particularly the Caribbean. I love exploring the nuanced, going behind the headlines to uncover the why and how. But I especially enjoy being a catalyst for people of color to share their stories in their own words.

I left PRI in 2018.

Recent Stories

Development

After Hurricane Irma, Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders want more relief from fellow Americans

PRI's The World

September 08, 2017

Updated

09/11/2017 - 9:45am

While Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands clean up after Hurricane Irma, many residents of these US territories say the challenge of storm relief is not just the devastation, but neglect from their fellow Americans in the continental US.

Business, Finance & Economics

How H-1B work visas transformed tech and education in the US and India

PRI's The World

August 28, 2017

A new study suggests the H-1B visa program is creating a positive impact on American and Indian economics, and isn’t contributing to an Indian “brain drain” as much as some critics fear.

Justice

In Boston, an Irish immigrant’s arrest highlights the role of race in immigration enforcement

PRI's The World

July 11, 2017

What does an immigrant look like? The arrest of an undocumented Irish immigrant in Boston is challenging racial bias in immigration enforcement.

Global Politics

Is Trump's immigration rhetoric causing a drop in international student applications?

PRI's The World

May 15, 2017

One survey suggests that some foreign-born applicants may soon be saying "no thanks" to studying in the US.

Global Politics

President Trump, some 20% of this year’s college grads will be immigrants. What careers can they have in the US?

May 01, 2017

For immigrants, who the Migration Policy Institute estimates are 20 percent of all U.S. college students, graduation day may be met with a different type of post-grad anxiety.

Agence France-Presse

Is climate change the culprit in Tropical Storm Erika?

GlobalPost

August 29, 2015

Erika finally lost steam Saturday, but Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says his country is still 'living the effects of climate change.' Experts aren't so sure.

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