Line editor at KCRW Press Play, a daily news-magazine show on one of the Los Angeles NPR stations. Former healthcare reporter at NPR member station WABE in Atlanta. Previously at Chicago Tribune, WBEZ and Chicago Magazine. Published on NPR, Kaiser Health News, Marketplace, WTTW, Serious Eats and Paste. Proud graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I spent a summer biking across the country. I still can't believe I made it.