I was born in Brazil, grew up in Texas, and fell in love with journalism as I worked a boring data entry job in college. While punching numbers into a database, I binged This American Life—and quickly realized I wanted to spend my own life telling stories.

After finishing my studio art degree, I earned a master’s in Cultural Reporting and Criticism at NYU. My work has since appeared in WIRED, Grist, The Texas Tribune, Texas Monthly, Smithsonian Magazine, and other places. I have chatted with earls, farmers, and physicists. I even “hunted” alligators with wildlife biologists in Deep East Texas (and happily let them go).

Although I’d call myself a generalist, I’m especially interested in stories about people and their environment. I’ve explored rising fence heights, suburban housing trends, and more to help illuminate the ways our physical surroundings shape who we are.  

When I’m not writing my own stories, I’m copy editing others’ at Texas Monthly.