National journalist covering health, culture, race, reproductive freedom and environmental justice.
How can your career be going so well and your love life be going so horribly? That’s a question I ask myself virtually every day when I wake up. I think about the people in my life who seem to have it all. Partners they cherish, careers that take a…
I recently returned from a wonderful five-day trip visiting family and friends in San Diego. It was a mini-vacation to a city I really do love. I spent time trying to push my dad to get out of bed and hang out with me and my son. But he’s not…
I’ve been very lucky and gotten incredible support on my career journey in the last four years — and for that I’m thankful. All the love and (a little bit of grind on my part) has taken me three thousand miles from the place that was my home for almost…
I’ve never enjoyed being alone. And by alone I mean without a boyfriend or husband. I’ve had one of those since I was 14-years-old. I have a big birthday this week. BIG! And I will celebrate it with a couple of my oldest friends and one of my newest. But…
I started seeing NYC two weeks ago. We’re still in the early phases of dating. Assessing how much we like each other. Wondering whether this is a fling, a friendship, or the real deal. The city is beautiful no doubt. The architecture stops you in your tracks. It catches you…
One year and four months ago I left San Diego and moved to Los Angeles. At the time it seemed like a HUGE transition. Leaving my comfy and bucolic small/big town to work in TV felt almost as huge as moving from Washington D.C. in 1997, with my husband and…
