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Author.The book tells the story of the unbreakable bond among nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshots, a band of firefighters killed on June 30, 2013 while battling a wildfire in Arizona.
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Storyteller.I have reported in three languages, in Latin America and across the United States, on pretty much every kind of subject out there – politics, policy, criminal justice, natural and man-made disasters, immigration, public education, race relations, real estate, the U.S.-Mexico border, the economy. I got my start in journalism in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, my home country, where I bore witness to violence, inequality and immeasurable hope. In those scenes, I found my passion for telling true stories.
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Speaker.Anyone who knows me knows I like to talk. So it’s no surprise that when I have the right opportunity, I like to talk about what I do and who I am.
I have been fortunate to have talked to grade-school students about loyalty and teamwork, to college students about journalism and books, and to people of all ages about what it’s like to be an immigrant who writes in a foreign language. These days, I've been talking a lot about rebuilding my life and my daughter's life after my husband's death. |