I am a freelance reporter who often writes about education, at-risk youth and public health. I was the lead reporter on a San Francisco Public Press project (funded by this organization) about Healthy San Francisco, the city's universal health care access plan, looking at its economic sustainabilty and what that portends for federal health reform. I was also worked on the Oakland Local series about incarceration and its damage to youth and families, which was also featured on this site. Before freelancing I was a staff reporter for the Oakland Tribune where I was lucky enough to win a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and, earlier, a senior correspondent for Reuters News Agency.