EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles Times, reporter, Metro section, Los Angeles, 2001-current; reporter, Metro section, Valley Edition, 1997-2001.

Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., day cops reporter, 1995-2001.

El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Fla., consumer reporter/columnist, 1991-95.

St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Fla., editorial assistant, 1990-91.

EDUCATION
University of South Florida at Tampa.  B.A., mass communications, 1991.

PERSONAL
Born:  Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1969

Married:  Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Metro reporter

Children:  Son, Nicholas

AWARDS
National Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting, 2006

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, finalist, 2006

American Society of Newspaper Editors, Jesse Laventhol Award for deadline writing,   finalist, 1997.

The Livingston Award for Young Journalists, local reporting, 1996.

Florida Press Club, excellence in general news writing, second place, 1996.

National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists, Guillermo Martinez-Marquez Journalism Award in the print category, 1993.