She received a Journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She continues her involvement with the school and has worked as a producer, director of photography and video coach for several of their award-winning interactive documentary projects. Her work for washingtonpost.com has contributed to two Pulitzer Prizes, a Peabody, two Scripps Howard Foundation’s National Journalism Awards, a Casey Medal of Honor for Meritorious Journalism and several POYi, SND and NPPA awards. She has been nominated for a local Emmy and recently was nominated for a national Emmy.