I investigate economic justice and the environment in the Gulf South. I am a freelance writer, climate policy analyst and college instructor. I'm a graduate of Tulane University and received my PhD in Communication from the University of California San Diego and master's degree in journalism from University of California Berkeley. I am an adjunct professor at Loyola University and visiting scholar at Tulane. Currently, I serve as the Climate Policy Fellow at Invest in Louisiana, where I advocate for equitable fiscal and social policies amidst dramatic shifts in federal climate priorities. I am anticipating the publication of my second book, entitled A State of Energy, with LSU Press in the Fall of 2027. In the before times, I was a long-time newspaper reporter and head writer and speechwriter for Mayor Marc Morial in New Orleans.