Human Rights
Ongoing
Storytelling with compassion
Rights are often an afterthought until they’re violated or lost. I’ve covered heart-wrenching tragedies, as well as hopeful stories of resilience. My writing has amplified voices of marginalized communities and highlighted the fight for reform and equity in a region where human rights are often under siege.
Highlights
Interviews with Honduran women one year after the country elected its first female president with high hopes of advancing women’s rights.
The Guardian: House of healing: the Honduran sanctuary for female rights defenders
Profile of a sanctuary for women’s rights defenders and the women who’ve found a place to heal.
The Guardian: Honduras lawmakers seek to lock in ban on abortion for ever
Report on the passage of a constitutional reform that effectively outlawed abortion for ever.
VICE World News: Death of a Young Woman in Police Custody Outrages Hondurans
Report on the suspicious death of a young woman that sparked outrage.
VICE World News: World’s Harshest Abortion Law Sent a Woman to Prison for 9 Years for a Stillbirth
Report on the resilience of a woman in El Salvador falsely accused of an abortion and imprisoned for nearly a decade.
Report on a watershed ruling for trans rights in Latin America and the pursuit of justice for Vicky Hernández.
The Guardian: ‘Go home’: Honduran islanders fight against crypto colonialists
Report on the foreign investors at odds with native islanders over a proposed charter city .
Honduras: can first female president usher in a new era for women?
Report on the hopes for the first female president in the country with the most restrictive anti-abortion policies and the highest rate of femicide in the world.
VICE World News: Land Invaders Killed Indigenous People in a Nicaraguan Nature Reserve
Report on violence caused by colonizers invading Indigenous territory in Nicaragua.
Report on threats to press freedom from organized crime in Mexico.