The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

In previously unreleased interviews, police told investigators they were cowed by the Uvalde shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

The Washington Post, Texas Tribune and ProPublica

Previously unreleased video, audio and interviews for the first time show helicopter and ambulance delays after police finally confronted the Robb Elementary shooter.

Finalist, Freedom of Information Award, Investigative Reports & Editors

Houston Chronicle

10 fans were killed at the Travis Scott’s Houston music festival on Nov. 5, 2021. Our narrative weaves the accounts of two concertgoers, a paramedic and a security guard with the findings of our investigation: that a series of missteps by multiple authorities in charge culminated in one of the worst U.S. concert tragedies.

Finalist , Investigative Reporters & Editors, breaking news investigation

Finalist, Scripps Howard Foundation, breaking news coverage

First place, Texas Association of Managing Editors, feature writing

Houston Chronicle

In the weeks following the 2021 Texas blackout crisis, the state health department attributed 125 deaths to the outages. We canvassed all 254 counties and found a figure nearly double that. The victims came from all regions of the state but had one trait in common: Each was vulnerable in some way.

Houston Press

Venezuelan oligarchs looted their country and sought obscurity in Houston and Miami — in the same communities where thousands of their countrymen fled the economic collapse they helped bring about in the Latin American nation.

First Place, Best Feature, Association of Alternative Media awards, 2018

Houston Chronicle

Harris County commissioners hide where most of their campaign cash comes from: Donors whom they award hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of no-bid contracts each year.

My investigation found over a two-year period, commissioners received 79% of their contributions from vendors whom they awarded 93% of infrastructure projects.

Houston Chronicle

Texas promised to spend $1 billion in federal Hurricane Harvey aid to prepare the most vulnerable areas from future storms.

Our investigation found the state disproportionately awarded funds to rural, inland counties with a lower risk of natural disasters over coastal communities in the most danger — and devised a project scoring system that discriminated against populous areas.

Houston Chronicle

Houston firefighter Kevin Leago had endocrine cancer. A Texas law written to protect first responders said the city should have paid for his care.

It didn’t. My investigation found across Texas, 91% of firefighters in Kevin’s position were also denied care.