I’m a Filipina-American multimedia journalist and science communicator currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. I specialize in telling audio and digital stories about health, history, and culture with a special interest in health equity. My documentary praxis borrows from anthropology: I want to familiarize the unfamiliar and weird the normal.
I’ve reported and produced audio stories for multiple outlets. Currently, I am the Climate and Environment Fellow at WBUR, Boston’s NPR. Previously, my coverage on science and health has appeared on North Carolina Public Radio, where I was a 2025 Mass Media Fellow. I’ve covered bird flu epidemic and raw milk, lobster fishing, obesity research, flood zones, and many more topics. My favorite stories unfold how science lands in the lives of our neighbors. Bonus points for food stories.
I have a B.A. from Cornell University, where I studied medical anthropology, and an M.S. in Media, Medicine, and Health from Harvard Medical School. My Master’s thesis was about how audio storytelling can facilitate cross-ideological conversations about science topics in our polarized political climate. I also went to the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies, which is where I learned to make radio. My feature followed an eccentric vanity plate fanatic in Maine. That piece was re-aired on the newest season Essential Salt.
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