EXPERIENCE

• Los Angeles Times, projects and urban affairs reporter, 1994-present, urban affairs writer, 1993-1994.
• Wall Street Journal staff reporter covering social issues and Latin America, based in Los Angeles, 1988-93; based in New York, Atlanta and Miami, 1982-86.
• El Pais (Madrid, Spain), freelance reporter, 1980.

EDUCATION

• University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Latin American Studies, 1988.
• Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. B.A., History, 1982.

PERSONAL

• Born: Sept. 8, 1960, Madison, WI. Grew up in Kansas and in Argentina.
• Married: William Regensburger.

AWARDS

• Pulitzer Prize finalist in public service category for "Orphans of Addiction," 1998.
• National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS Award for "Orphans of Addiction," 1998.
• American Psychiatric Assn. commendation for outstanding reporting on psychiatric issues for "Suicidal Tendencies: When Kids See Death as an Answer," 1998.
• Life-Time Award, Institute for Suicide Prevention, for "Suicidal Tendencies: When Kids See Death as an Answer," 1997.
• National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists Guillermo Martinez-Marquez Award for Overall Excellence, 1995. Presented for series "The Hunger Wars -- Fighting for Food in Southern California."
• George Polk Award for Local Reporting, "The Hunger Wars -- Fighting for Food in Southern California," 1994.
• Cameron R. Duncan World Hunger Media Awrd, 1994, "The Hunger Wars -- Fighting for Food in Southern California."