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STAT News has hired Ambar Castillo to cover national health policy and research.
Recently, Castillo was a staff writer at the Washington City Paper.
Previously, she interned at The Phoenix and was a community reporter at the hyperlocal newspaper Mott Haven Herald, Hunts Point Express. She also interned at StoryCorps.
Castillo graduated from Boston University.
You can congratulate Castillo via Twitter.