To reimagine our relationship with wildfire, we must recognize the real value of federal wildland firefighters — and compensate them accordingly.
Riley Yuan
Riley Yuan is a Chinese-American writer and photographer, and one of six inaugural Murrow News Fellows placed in local newsrooms around Washington state. Prior to becoming a journalist, Riley fought wildfires with the Stanislaus and Baker River Hotshots, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Timor, Indonesia, and taught high school English in Hawaii and Vermont.