EXPERIENCE
The Washington Post | Staff Photojournalist | Sept. 2017 to Present
National Geographic Magazine | Photo Intern | Feb. to May 2016
The San Antonio Express-News | Staff Photojournalist | Jan. 2015 to Aug. 2017
The White House | EAW Photo Intern | Aug. 2014
The Dubois County Herald | Photo Intern | Jan. to June 2014
The Tampa Bay Times | Photo Intern | Aug. to Dec. 2013
The Chicago Tribune | Photo Intern | May to Aug. 2013
EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. Photojournalism | December 2014
ACCOLADES
Pulitzer Prize
2020 Explanatory Reporting | 2ºC: Beyond the Limit Team
Overseas Press Club
2019 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
2019 Domestic Photojournalism Winner
Forbes 30 Under 30
2020 30 Under 30 Media List
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University
2019 Fellowship focusing on reporting on refugees and migration through
the eyes of young children
Society for Environmental Journalism
2020 Explanatory Reporting | 2ºC: Beyond the Limit Team
PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2017 Selected
Pictures of the Year International
2016 Newspaper Photographer of the Year | First Place
Newspaper News Picture Story | Award of Excellence
College Photographer of the Year
2015 Portfolio | Gold
Domestic Picture Story | Silver
Portrait | Gold
Portrait | Award of Excellence
Feature | Silver
Sports Feature | Award of Excellence
2013 Portfolio | Silver
Individual Multimedia Story | Gold
Domestic Picture Story | Award of Excellence
White House News Photographer Association
2018 International News | First Place
Picture Story/News | First Place
International News | Third Place
International News | Award of Excellence
International News | Award of Excellence
2013 Student Portfolio | Second Place
Photo Boite 30 Under 30 Women Photographers
2017 Selected
Magnum's 30 Under 30 List
2015 Selected
American Photography 31
2015 Selected
Hearst Journalism Awards
2015 Photojournalism National Championship | First Place
Picture Story | First Place
2014 Multimedia National Championship | First Place
News & Feature Photography | Fourth Place
News Multimedia | Fourth Place
Features Multimedia | Ninth Place
2013 Picture Story | First Place
Best Single Photograph of the Year Award
National Press Photographers Assoc. Best of Photojournalism
2015 Best Published Picture Story (Small Market) | Honorable Mention
2016 Portrait & Personality | Third Place
2017 Portrait & Personality | Third Place
North Carolina Press Photographer's Assoc.
2015 Student Photographer of the Year
Feature Picture Story | First Place
Feature Picture Story | Second Place
Feature | First Place
Feature | Third Place
Sports Feature | First Place
Portrait | Second Place
LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism
2014 Featured Multimedia Story
New York Times LENS Blog Portfolio Review
2017 Participant
2014 Participant
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Competition
2014 Rich Mahan Best Student Portfolio
Multimedia Slideshow | First Place
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
2014 Sprout Film Festival
Eddie Adams Workshop
2013 Class of XXVI
The White House Internship Award
South by Southwest
2013 Student Interactive | First Place
PROJECTS, ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS
National Geographic Magazine
Edited video of photographer interviews for 125th Anniversary Issue
National Geographic Proof
Interview about Internship experience in Antarctica
CNN
Interview with Brooke Baldwin about coverage of the migrant caravans
The New York Times
Interview on LENS Blog about POYi
Interview on LENS Blog about My Daughter’s Children
Essay and photographs on LENS Blog about Abortion on the Border
TIME
Photographs from World Within Our Own published online
Mother Jones
Essay and photographs published about Abortion on the Border
British Journal of Photography | May 2015
Interview about My Daughter's Children in the June 2015 Issue
The Image Deconstructed | March 2015
Interview about Humming a New Tune
Medium's Vantage Blog | February 2015
Interview about The House Autism Built
Alexia Foundation's Family. Life. Project | Aug. 2014 to Dec. 2014
Executive Producer for UNC
Tampa Bay Times | March 2014
One Compelling Image Interview
The Daily Tar Heel | Feb. 2016
NPPA Emerging Talent | April 2013
U.S. Department of State's Edward R. Murrow Program | October 2014
Spoke with journalists from the Middle East and Northern Africa on a panel at UNC Chapel Hill
Living Galapagos | March 2012
Photographer, videographer and producer
Carolina Photojournalism Workshop: Port City Stories | May 2012
Photographer, videographer and producer
PUBLICATIONS
Publications and features include AARP, Al Jazeera America, American Express, British Journal of Photography, The Chicago Tribune, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Esquire, Kaiser Health News, National Geographic, The New York Times, NPR, The Tampa Bay Times, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.