I am a content editor at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. Previously, I covered health for The Bakersfield Californian newspaper in Kern County.

I joined The Bakersfield Californian in 2011 as the night breaking news reporter and moved to the health beat last fall. During my first six months on the beat I have had great opportunities to contribute to the Reporting on Health collaborative's “Just One Breath” series about valley fever and to attend the National Press Foundation's 2012 Cancer Program in Washington, D.C. as a fellow.

Prior to working at the Californian, I served as a communications consultant for LWF Cambodia, a rural development non-profit, and worked as a reporter for my hometown newspaper The Post Register in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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(Photo by Felix Adamo / The Californian)

Court records fill in gaps when dentist's patients keep mum

The allegations of dental negligence against Dr. Robert Tupac described a host of problems — painful eight-hour dental surgery performed without anesthesia, crumbling dental work, drooling and bone loss. But with patients not eager to talk to a reporter, court records proved key to the story.

The Bakersfield office of Dr. Robert Tupac. (Photo by Felix Adamo / The Californian)

DENTAL DANGERS: Dentist’s malpractice claims span three decades

Over a span of three decades in courthouses across Southern California, more than a dozen dental malpractice lawsuits have been filed against Bakersfield prosthodontist Robert Tupac in courthouses across Southern California. The allegations are extensive.