About
I am an 8-time Emmy award-winning, multilingual, investigative journalist, storyteller, docuseries field producer and Co-Executive Producer with extensive experience in local l, investigative, national and international news and documentary reporting. I’ve specialized in immigration, diverse communities, social justice and terrorism reporting. I was a Freelance Correspondent for CBS News. In 2018, I went to cover the war in Syria. I was an Investigative Reporter at KSTP-TV, Investigative Reporter/Anchor in St. Louis, Omaha, and on the U.S.-Mexico border. I was born in Africa, went to school in London and Canada.
Some of my most memorable and impactful stories include a worldwide exclusive interview with a terrorist convicted for helping ISIS and I was the only reporter in the Midwest, one of few in the U.S. to cover immigration, the travel ban, terrorism and the worst famine and drought since World War 2 in Kenya and Somalia. I’ve also covered riots and protests in Ferguson and reported on cartels, guns, drugs, money, undocumented children, sex trafficking and immigration on the U.S. Mexico border. I travelled to Pakistan in 2013 during
Taliban violence and to The Balkans to understand the largest Bosnian population in St. Louis.
My reports won numerous awards including Murrows and Emmys. I’m a member of IRE, SAJA, NABJ, SAG-AFTRA, NAHJ and a mentor to other journalists.