An award-winning journalist, essayist and educator with nearly three decades of experience reporting for newspapers, I have written extensively about politics, war and mental health. My assignments have taken me to the White House, the U.S.-Mexican border, Central America and the Middle East. Many of my stories are about trauma and resilience. Find them in Oxford American, Task & Purpose, The Bitter Southerner, The War Horse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Richmond Times-Dispatch, USA Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse. My writing has been recognized by Longreads.com. I teach for the University of Missouri Journalism School and am a 2022 Ochberg Fellow with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.