art director / designer

📍 san diego, ca
 currently @ the 19th*
previously @ forbes / politico / fivethirtyeight
always! available for freelance

🎨  illustrations

  1. politics
  2. science + health
  3. sports + culture
  4. tech + finance

🖼️  art direction

  1. politics
  2. sports
  3. science
  4. etc.

📰 long reads


💖 info

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Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
Lawsuit alleges LA County Sheriff’s Department housed trans woman with men
Can LGBTQ+ Arizonans still feel safe in their state?
One year later, 988 still doesn’t have a hotline for LGBTQ+ youth
A composer brings music, joy and trans visibility to her church
The 19th Explains: What’s the safest way for trans Americans to travel right now?
Detransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway
In anti-LGBTQ+ Idaho, an Episcopal camp offers queer Christians a haven
DOJ, HHS, FTC, FDA: The alphabet soup of efforts to restrict gender-affirming care
Anti-trans policies aren’t preventing genital mutilation — they’re disrupting efforts to stop it
Jewish Americans feel echoes of history in transgender passport restrictions
LGBTQ+ COVERAGE
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