I commissioned illustrator Josie Norton to create two header illustrations to depict the lack of accuracy and transparency in how people die while in prison. Since we were working with data, tables and charts, I wanted the illustrations to be abstract but also on the nose with how people in prisons are impacted.

I worked with Sophia Deng to create an illustration to reflect writer Shakeil Price’s piece for the Marshall Project’s Life Inside series. We wanted the illustration to reflect what Price would lose when he would replace his tablet inside prison. He would lose access to memories, the songs he bought, games he had and the life he had created while incarcerated.

I worked with illustrator Dion MBD for a story on how prison nurses in New York prisons were accused of covering up beatings. We wanted to show it from an incarcerated person’s point of view while the nurses are far and turning their heads away.

Collage artist Aaron Marin used archival images and his collage style to showcase how a historic case from 1963 in Cleveland impacted Stop-and-Frisk tactics in US policing.

This was a project idea I brought to Olivier Laurent at the Washington Post. I produced, developed and photographed the idea. Both Olivier and myself used milanote moodboard to decide which images to show for each character. We worked with web designer Yutao Chen to showcase the images in an interactive way with layering images on top one of another.

I researched and licensed out an image from photographer Octavio Jones for a story in the New York Times about a wrongfully convicted man who was incarcerated for 31 years. I was able to communicate with the photographer on licensing terms, usage and fee for using this photo.

At the end of 2020, the state of New Jersey released over 2000 inmates to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. I pitched, produced, photographed and co-edited a story following three different individuals and their experience with adjusting and re-entering into society during a pandemic. I worked with photo editor Jeff Furticella to develop the storyline, concept and which images were most important for the story to be impactful. I worked with re-entry organizations to find the best characters to highlight.

I pitched, produced and photo edited a story about activists who worked on closing Philadelphia’s oldest operating prison. I met with various formerly incarcerated individuals to hear how they worked together to close down a prison. We used their portraits and quotes to highlight the importance in decarceration and reform in the prison system.

I was commissioned by Maclean's Magazine to find photographs of 57 Canadian victims of Flight 752 after it was shot down in Iran in January 2020. I used Facebook, LinkedIn, university and college websites and family photos to compile a collection of portraits of all the victims. Utilizing an excel spreadsheet, I kept track of each person, where they lived, when they were born and the family they were connected to. It was a sensitive time for the family of the victims, so I had to be careful how I reached out to people through Facebook or other forms of social media. In the end, I found photos for 55 of the victims and we created a tribute to them on the Maclean's Magazine website and printed issue.

I pitched, produced, photographed and edited this personal project about Chinese restaurant kids living in rural Pennsylvania. I also wrote the short piece to go with the story.

In 2017, Maclean's Magazine had less than 10K followers. I worked with photo editor Liz Sullivan to commission photographers for Instagram takeovers with personal projects. I worked with photographers such as Amber Bracken, Naomi Harris, Michelle Siu,

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, German photographer Charlotte Schmitz and I started a female photo project with photographers around the world. We organized photographers into various groups, highlighted photo projects on an Instagram and networked with various curators and photo editors to judge themed images. This project allowed me to find photographers from underrepresented parts of the world and to push the boundaries of photography and storytelling.