Washington farmers rely increasingly on the H-2A program, which brings in temporary foreign agricultural workers to help alleviate the domestic labor shortage.

Produced in 2019 for Crosscut/KCTS9. Read here: WA farmers and laborers are struggling under the H-2A guest worker program — and it may get worse (Crosscut)

VIDEO: A day in the life of a cherry picker. Juan Jose Calleros is one of approximately 20,000 such migrant laborers who will work on Washington farms this year.

Credits: Reporting, Producer, Photographer, Videographer.

Awards: 2019 Excellence in Journalism: Runner-up, Multimedia Storytelling, Medium Newsroom (Society of Professional Journalists, Washington Chapter)