I’m Gabe Castro-Root — a journalist, photographer and student at American University in Washington, D.C. I was a health and environment reporting intern at Bloomberg Law in summer 2024 and a metro reporting intern at the San Francisco Chronicle in 2023, where I covered health and breaking news. Before that, I was the local news editor for The Eagle, AU’s student-run newspaper, and a business reporting intern at The Charlotte Observer. I’m a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the D.C. Science Writers Association, and was a 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association scholar. My freelance work has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, Sierra Magazine, Space.com and The DC Line.