I am a web reporter at Abderdeen American news. Previously, I was a staff writer with the Imperial Valley Press, a county-wide newspaper covering a large portion of the U.S./Mexico border in California.

Specifically my beat covered the Imperial Irrigation District, one of the largest irrigation districts in the nation, as well as agriculture, renewable energy and Naval Air Facility El Centro. While this doesn't appear to be related to health (quite frankly that part of my beat is not), I had in the past covered Imperial County government, including our public health department, the two area hospitals and a variety of health issues.