American University
Journalism and Digital Storytelling

University of California, Irvine
Journalism, Spanish (Double Major)

Freelance Digital Journalist
The San Francisco Chronicle, The World Bank Group, WAMU/DCist.com |
The San Francisco Chronicle, Arts & Entertainment Write arts and entertainment news pieces covering underrepresented communities. DCist / WAMU (an NPR affiliate radio station) Report and photograph stories covering Washington's queer art scene and the city’s LGBT community broadly. Interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered for reporting of early coronavirus lockdown measures and its impact on the LGBT community. The World Bank Group (2019) Write, edit and produce videos broadcast internally to World Bank staff worldwide

Social Media Editor, Reporter/Editor
Foreign Policy magazine |
Nominated by the EIC for the American Society of Magazine Editors national magazine award for journalists under 30 due to my efforts growing FP’s digital audience to record-breaking highs. Received a Front Page Award for multimedia storytelling executed on Instagram involving the Fall 2019 print edition. Contribute original reporting (breaking news, daily, and enterprise) and digital photography on a wide spectrum of beats (from international human rights and humanitarian aid, to U.S. domestic politics, to climate change) Manage all matters of visual storytelling, content, growth, and engagement strategy for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Reddit channels, working closely with creative director, deputy editors, podcast teams, interns, fellows, and business/sales teams to produce bespoke content that translates wonky political analysis and breaking news to an international audience Cultivate relationships with off-platform partners, such as Pocket and Apple News. Kicked off FP's inaugural partnership with Apple News with my own bilingual feature story about Chile's constitutional referendum: https://apple.news/ARENmtW6ER26XjoQEVR99YQ Discern cross-platform analytics and news engagement trends to execute news products and inform editorial priorities. Provide newsroom leadership, contributors, and business teams with social media strategies and best practices. Work collaboratively across podcast, news, business, and art teams. Spearhead and host a panel discussion with industry leaders for Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion in the media industry.