Clearwater and Scientology Reporter

I cover a range of topics in Pinellas County and the city of Clearwater. My beat also focuses on the Church of Scientology and its control of vast tracts of property in downtown Clearwater. Before joining the Times in 2015, I spent five years as a reporter for The Augusta Chronicle in Georgia. I've wanted to be a journalist since I was old enough to read the newspapers that my dad kept stacked near the kitchen table every day. I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but grew up in south Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in 2010 with degrees in journalism and Spanish. When not on deadline, I'm usually out walking my one-eyed Pit Bull named Winky.