He has covered the country's multifaceted crisis from a variety of angles for print, radio, and TV outlets. He was worked with WPLG-TV, ABC Miami; the Miami Herald; NBC News, the BBC, Al Jazeera English, CBC, WIOD News Radio Miami, SXMCanadaTalks Radio; Catholic News Service; Global Sisters Report; i24News; and Pear Video. He originally comes from rural Virginia.  His native language is English and he is fully fluent in written and spoken Spanish.