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Published Work

Hurricane Harvey’s Everyday Heroes Step Up to Save Houston And Each Other – Vogue.com

A look at some of the regular folks who chose to risk it all to help the people of Houston as it was being ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.

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Baby Bull: ‘I want to give boxing a good name’ – ESPN.com

Originally appearing in ESPN the Magazine, this is the incredible story of former world champion Juan Diaz. Diaz talks about balancing boxing at the highest level with being a college student.

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Chocolate Bar owners enjoy sweet smell of success – Houston Chronicle

One of many small business columns I contributed to the Chronicle’s business section. This is an article you can almost taste.

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Fugitive free on bond in Louisiana – Galveston County Daily News

This story lead to the capture of a child sex predator. All in a day’s work.

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Executive director’s pay raise comes under fire Killeen Daily Herald

This story stopped the executive director of the Central Counties Center for MHMR from giving himself a substantial raise at a time when the organization was struggling to keep its doors open.

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Extreme IT: Amish IT pro runs PCs on a platform of tradition – Spiceworks.com

An Amish It pro? How can that possibly be a thing? I dug deep to find this guy, and his story did not disappoint.

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Grappling With Destiny; How One Man Is Using Jiu Jitsu to Save Others and Himself – Substack.com

This is a self-published piece I wrote about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt Maximilano Ullork, who is still pursuing his jiu jitsu dreams despite a spinal cord injury that changed his life forever.

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