About Myself

I’ve been at the Arizona Daily Star for 2.5 years. I’m a Metro Reporter covering issues affecting Hispanics –including health-, immigration and those living in the border region. I also write for La Estrella de Tucsón, the Star’s Spanish Language Publication. Before joining the Star I worked at Grupo Reforma, a newspaper company in Mexico and as a correspondent and freelancer for several international publications. I came to the U.S. seven years ago and I received my master’s degree in Journalism from Florida International University in 2006.

Our Fellowship Project: The link between childhood obesity and socio-economic standing.

We are interested in learning more about childhood obesity and how it affects Tucson, Arizona, where diabetes is rampant. We have a particular interest in how obesity affects our area’s Hispanic and Native American populations, which are plagued by childhood obesity and diabetes, and by adult-onset kidney failure stemming from chronic diabetes.