Latest work
Moments after an immigration officer in Boston approved a key step in his bid to stay in the U.S. legally, Milton Mejia was arrested by ICE agents and transferred to a detention center in Louisiana, 1,600 miles away from his home in Chelsea, MA. This 24-minute, non-narrated documentary follows his wife, Brenda Romero, fighting to keep their three daughters housed and bring her husband home.
For the generation that weathered the AIDS epidemic and fought for same-sex marriage, finding community still poses a challenge. But in Boston, LGBTQ+ seniors have the Pryde — New England’s first affordable senior living community geared toward LGBTQ+ elders. GBH News spent six months following residents of the Pryde, capturing the experiences of a generation that came of age with few legal protections against harassment or discrimination, and who now stand to lose those protections once more.
2026 NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Award for best documentary
2026 GLAAD Media Award nominee
2026 PMJA Award for documentary, second place
Leola Hampton and her older sister, Linda Starks-Walker, were just teenagers when they were bused from their predominantly Black neighborhood of Roxbury to the white, working-class area of South Boston in 1974. The court-ordered desegregation of Boston schools forced them into a high school environment marked by violent racism and deep hostility. For years, the trauma of that experience was so profound that the sisters never spoke about it — until now.
2025 New England Emmy Award and 2025 Gracie Award winner.
Official selection at the 2025 Rhode Island International Film Festival and
the 2025 Roxbury International Film Festival.Honorable mention at the 2025 Women’s Independent Television and Film Festival.
NABJ Salute to Excellence nominee.
Award-winning short films
‘Time to go’: Why Brazilians are leaving Framingham, MA
The big quit: Why I'm moving on
New England Emmy Award
When home is a hotel
Class of COVID: The story of 3 high school seniors during a pandemic
New England Emmy Award
National Education Writers Association Award
Living in a car at 72
New England Emmy Award, Gracie Award ,
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
The long journey north: The forgotten story of the reverse freedom riders
NABJ Salute to Excellence nominee
Unseen: The boy victims of the sex trade
National Edward R. Murrow Award
The original old boys club: Women in politics in Massachusetts
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
Verticals
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About me
I am a four-time New England Emmy Award-winning journalist, filmmaker and producer. I am a senior video producer at GBH News, where I have reported, filmed and edited short documentaries on topics ranging from women in local politics, to the Massachusetts housing crisis, to public education and immigration. My work has been honored with two Gracie awards for women in media, one national and seven regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a national award from the Education Writers Association, among others. I am a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Colby College.