Covering education in Milwaukee, early childhood through adult ed, with a solutions lens.

I’m an education solutions reporter at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a Report for America corps member. My work has also appeared in Wisconsin Watch and Business Insider, and previously in Chalkbeat Detroit, Bridge Detroit, and Outlier Media.

Professional Associations

Education Writers Association Investigative Reporters & Editors Ida B. Wells Society National Press Club Society of Environmental Journalists

My Reporting

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EARLY CHILDHOOD

Local childcare centers brace for state funding cuts

Almost 1,400 Milwaukee centers will lose funding at June’s end — a study finds many may close.

Jun 2026

K–12

MPS board approves move of deaf and hard-of-hearing students to Neeskara

Milwaukee Sign Language School will relocate next year following a board vote.

Mar 2026

K–12

‘I know they’re going to succeed’: Kericka Green named a top teacher

A Craig Montessori lower-elementary teacher on what drives her students forward.

Mar 2026

K–12

Milwaukee Sign Language School struggles with teacher vacancies

Staff shortages have created challenges supporting students and driven up burnout.

Sep 2025

About

I wasn’t diagnosed with my disability until I was in college. For most of school, I felt like a system that was supposed to help me had quietly decided I wasn’t worth the effort. Now I report on education equity because I want the kids and families navigating that same system to have someone in their corner who’ll tell them what’s actually going on. I sit through the long meetings, dig through the complicated data, and translate the bureaucratic lingo — so you don’t have to.

Before Milwaukee, I covered Detroit schools for Chalkbeat and city meetings for Detroit Documenters, where I helped pilot its Docu-Mentor initiative. I hold a B.A. in Urban Studies and Public History from Wayne State University.

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