Some of my work to listen to or read
Why Hertz’s Big Bet on EVs Didn’t Work (20 min)
Lead producer. Story developed alongside the Bloomberg Businessweek team.
When Wall Street investors Tom Wagner and Greg O’Hara took over Hertz, they had ambitious plans. They aimed to revolutionize the car rental business by bringing a record number of electric vehicles into Hertz’s fleet, including 100,000 Teslas. But the company would soon discover that making them work in the rental market was another challenge entirely.
Inside Nayib Bukele’s Brutal Security Crackdown (15 min)
Lead producer. Story developed alongside Bloomberg reporter Marcelo Rochabrun.
Nayib Bukele has brought violent criminal gangs to a heel in El Salvador, transforming the country into one of the safest in Latin America. That’s made him extremely popular, even as human-rights groups have condemned mass arrests and what they say are other abuses of civil liberties.
Under the Knife for the Buchona Body (25 min)
Lead producer. Story developed alongside VICE Latam’s editor Deborah Bonello. Later adapted into Radio Ambulante’s El Hilo feed in Spanish.
In 2022, Paulina Ramirez - a 26-year old woman from Sinaloa, Mexico - died from complications after getting a plastic surgery procedure. What Paulina didn’t know is that her surgeon was not a plastic surgeon and that the clinic she was walking into was unregulated.
A story about how the unregulated plastic surgery industry in Sinaloa has become larger than the legitimate branch.
Pitched and produced in collaboration with the team.
Our dreams can haunt us: literally. Recurring dreams about failing tests or running late are a common occurrence, but what are we to make of them? Today, researchers are challenging that age-old assumption and finding new evidence that dreams are a vital way human beings process the world. In this episode, Sidarta Ribeiro takes us on a journey through the history of our understanding of dreams.
Some things colleagues have said about me
