As a general assignment reporter, I cover a number of topics ranging from breaking news to online trends.
My Background
I joined The Times in 2021. Since then, I’ve covered a number of topics such as sports, weather and crime. Previously, I was a reporter on the breaking news desk at The Dallas Morning News. I am a Spanish speaker who was born in Mexico and grew up in Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Journalistic Ethics
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism Handbook. I strive to be accurate, fair and thoughtful in my work.
As part of a plea agreement, Juliana Peres Magalhães, 24, has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, who have charged her ex-lover with murdering his wife and another man in 2023.
In an agreement with prosecutors, Kory York, a former state trooper, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery charges in exchange for one year of probation in the death of a Black man who was stopped for a traffic violation in 2019.
The man, Tyron Scott McAlpin, who also has cerebral palsy, was repeatedly punched and shocked with a Taser by the police during an arrest in August. The arrest is under investigation.