About Me

I'm a journalist, working as a photo editor for The Associated Press in Mexico City. My own photography has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, El País, NBC News, Newsweek (print), La Nación, The Associated Press and others.

Before that, I was a reporter and audio producer covering Latin American politics for Americas Society/Council of the Americas.

I hold a master's of science in journalism from Columbia University but sometimes I put it down when my arms get tired.

Photos in the wild

Selection of other published photojournalism

This section includes photos I've taken for The Associated Press, ranging from Uruguayan former President José Mujica voting in Montevideo to protests in Mexico City to donkeys parading through Touba, Senegal.

Other reporting

SoundCloud • 30th December 2021

Qué Pasa Midwest Season 7 Episode 2: Political Representation in Schuyler, Ne.

Episode 2 of Qué Pasa Midwest. In this story, I go into the history of Schuyler, Ne., and explore Latinos' lack of political representation despite their majority.

AS/COA • 13th September 2023

Explainer: Who Are the Two Candidates Competing in Ecuador's Presidential Runoff?

As presidential candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa traverse their country on the campaign trail, they’re each donning an extra garment: a bulletproof vest. In a country long hailed as one of Latin America’s safest, it's an unfortunate trend.

AS/COA • 20th June 2022

Gustavo Petro Wins Colombia’s 2022 Presidential Runoff

The former Bogotá mayor rode a wave of discontent to become the first-ever leftist elected to the presidency.

Medium • 23rd March 2022

Life in Uzbekistan’s Queer Diaspora

His fingers still bear the scars.

It’s been almost two years since Shohijahon Toirov’s own mother tried to kill him with a knife. He resisted and survived, but his right index and middle fingers got caught.

Toirov, now 21, grew up in Kattakurgan, a conservative town in Uzbekistan between the ancient Silk Road cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. He’s since extricated himself from the country he loves but it’s taken shrewdness, resilience and hardship.

Toirov’s upbringing was blighted by distress.

Zenger News • 1st December 2021

Despite Pandemic, Mexico's Puebla State Received Record Remittances From New York In 2020

NEW YORK — When Queens resident Juan Carlos García stopped working in May 2020, it was yet another tribulation during a hard year. He’d already suffered through two weeks of undiagnosed COVID-19 symptoms. He also lost a 35-year-old cousin to the virus.

Medium • 27th December 2021

Ecuadorians in New York Hope for Change as Tight Election Enters Second Round

For Miguel Balboa, calling home is no spontaneous affair. It can’t be.

The Queens resident must agree on a time with his parents and siblings for them to head to an internet cafe in Cuenca, Ecuador. Since buying a phone there is too expensive, and sending one from New York means high fees and taxes, his family is left with no alternative.

Balboa hopes to help improve the state of these issues endemic to rural Ecuador — high costs, transnational shipping fees and lack of reliable internet access — when he heads to the polls Sunday.

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