Awards

Arizona Daily Star:
– Arizona Newspaper Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest
• Second Place, Best News Story: “TUSD middle schoolers years behind in math, reading“

Nogales International:
– Arizona Newspaper Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Contest
• Journalist of the Year for non-dailies
• First Place, Best Feature Story: “Volunteers share language with migrants waiting for a chance at U.S. asylum”
• *Second Place, Best Sustained Coverage or Series: “Border-crossing restrictions in response to COVID-19”

– National Newspaper Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Contest
• Second Place, Best Agricultural Story: “Sonoran ranchers carry on tradition of ‘corridas’”

– Arizona Press Club’s 2019 contest
• Community Journalist of the Year
• *First Place, Immigration Reporting: “Arrival of asylum-seekers at Ambos Nogales border.”
• *Second Place, State/Federal Government Reporting: “Trump administration’s installation of razor wire on border fence in Nogales.”

*Entries consisted of a collection of stories written by multiple reporters, including myself. The awards were results of collaborative team efforts.