I'm a Southern California-based freelance journalist with an interest in healthcare, poverty issues, immigration and local government. Currently I write for the Ventura County Star, the California Health Report, and the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. In the past, I've worked at the Toledo Blade newspaper in northwest Ohio, the Miami Herald in Florida, and Mexico City’s English-language paper, The News. I have also reported for the NPR station Michigan Radio. I've lived in Mexico and Argentina, and speak fluent Spanish.