About me

I'm a first-year medical student at Queen's University and a freelance journalist based in Kingston and Toronto, Ontario. I graduated from Western University in 2024 with an Honours B.Sc. in Neuroscience.

During my time at Western, I edited the News and Features sections for the student newspaper, the Western Gazette. I've won awards recognizing this work from the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and the Canadian University Press (CUP), for data journalism and feature writing. In my final year at the Gazette, I was one of three Canadian student journalists shortlisted for CUP's Student Journalist of the Year award, recognizing all-round excellence in the newsroom.

My previous work experience is in neuroscience and mental health research. I've worked as a summer research student at the Trauma Research Program at Women's College Hospital and the Cognitive Neurorehabilitation Lab at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and as an intern at the youth mental health non-profit Jack.org.

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Writing

A selection of news, features, and data-driven stories written for the Western Gazette, Western University's student newspaper.

What 650 syllabi show about Western's ChatGPT response
A data-driven feature investigating Western's response to ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. I analyzed course syllabi to understand professor approaches and sentiment across faculties.

Bridging the gender gap in Western Engineering
A feature on the gender gap in the Faculty of Engineering at Western, where just 23 per cent of students identify as women.

See how your 2023 USC councillors voted on Greek Life special privileges
In this story, we provided students with a granular look at a divisive student government vote. (With Jessica Kim)

Western acquires the second 15.2T ultra-high field MRI scanner in North America
A news story on how a new MRI scanner will affect neuroscience research at Western.

Sudanese students call on Western, government to help country in crisis
I spoke with Sudanese-Canadian students at Western, who say the university and the nation need to do more to respond to Sudan's civil war.

All of my work for the Gazette can be found here.

Grants and awards

John H. McDonald Award for Feature Writing   February 2025
Awarded by the Canadian University Press for excellence in feature writing.

John H. McDonald Award for Digital Storytelling   February 2025
Awarded by the Canadian University Press for excellence in digital storytelling (with Jessica Kim).

Investintech - CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship   May 2024
Awarded by Investintech, in partnership with the Canadian Association of Journalists, for demonstrating potential in journalism work and a solid foundation of technical data skills.

John H. McDonald Award for Data Journalism   February 2023
Awarded by the Canadian University Press for excellence in data journalism.

Branch Out Neurological Foundation Summer Undergraduate Studentship   February 2021
Recipient of a competitive undergraduate research grant to conduct summer research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

UHN Medical Staff Association Volunteer Educational Award   June 2020
Scholarship awarded for demonstrating an exceptional commitment to volunteering at the University Health Network, along with high academic performance and extracurricular contributions.