Awards & Recognition
★James Madison Freedom of Information Award from Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter (2023)
★Finalist for Livingston Award for journalists under 35 (2024)
★Recognition from Online News Association, Deadline Club, Society of Professional Journalists, and National Headliner Awards
★First place enterprise reporting in California Newspaper Publishers Association competition
Notable Facts
→Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University (2020-2021) studying antitrust and internet governance
→Fourth-generation journalist, was character in her father's newspaper columns as child
→Former bilingual first-grade teacher in San Jose before journalism career
→Covered tech companies from Mexico City bureau (2017-2020) including investigation into drug cartels exploiting telecom infrastructure
→Led investigation into police exploitation of Google user data that resulted in Google cutting off key law enforcement data source
→500+ LinkedIn connections, verified journalist on multiple platforms