RESUME

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

​Managing Editor — Fall 2018 & Summer 2019-Present
Multimedia Journalist — Fall 2017-Present
Elon News Network                                             
  • Oversee the weekly content assignment of ENN’s award-winning newspaper, The Pendulum, which publishes approximately 31 editions a year
  • ​Manage and advise nearly 50 reporters throughout the story process
  • Coordinate the multimedia work of designers, photographers and reporters
  • Copy edit all sections of the newspaper: News, Lifestyle, Opinions and Sports
  • Contribute to ENN’s online and print content with weekly news stories, features and photography Create hand-coded websites for ENN online to host investigative and explanatory stories with multiple multimedia elements

Reporting Fellow
​The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting  — Nov. 2019-Present
  • Reported on the resurgence of leprosy and the lack of resources available to patients in Brazil, by utilizing multimedia such as: writing, photo, video and audio
  • Filed multiple field notes while in Brazil, breaking down the intricacies of the disease in the country's society and culture
  • Traveled to former leprosy colonies around the northern state of Pará, which has seen more new cases of leprosy in the last 25 years than any other state

Investigative Reporter
​Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow — January-August 2019
  • Investigated national wildfire mitigation, suppression and recovery practices, culminating in an online multimedia story, documentary and podcast. The story has been published by more than 70 national news organizations ​​
  • Actively covered the Woodbury Fire in the Superstition Wilderness, which became the fifth largest wildfire in Arizona state history
  • Reported on post-disaster power recovery trends across the country, culminating in an online multimedia story with photo, written and infographic elements 

News Correspondent & Staff Photographer
Morocco World News — Spring 2019
  • Consistently covered the contractual teachers’ movement, which became one of the largest and longest educational strikes in Moroccan history
  • ​Reported and photographed daily and breaking news in Rabat, such as pious visits, royal announcements and desert marathons
  • Reported from four Moroccan cities to increase MWN’s national presence 

Documentarian
The Imagining the Internet Center — Fall 2018
  • Traveled to Paris, France to document the 13th annual Internet Governance Forum for national research on the evolution of the Internet. Interviewed over 60 attendees and covered French President Emmanuel Macron’s address
  • Traveled to San José, Costa Rica to document the fifth Internet Hall of Fame. Interviewed eight inductees and covered the official induction ceremony 

​Communications Intern
Save the Children Jordan — Summer 2018
  • Photographed and reported on the experiences of Syrian refugees living in Zaatari and Azraq Refugee Camps, by covering international visits to Jordan
  • Created content for SCJ’s multiple social media platforms 

Contributing Writer
​Town & Country Philippines — Summer 2016 & 2017
  • Crafted more than two dozen lifestyle articles for the organization’s monthly print magazine, covering technology, cars, liquor, watches and cosmetics
  • Garnered over a million unique page views for online articles on T&C’s newly launched website

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Student Journalist
The Chronicle of Higher Education — Fall 2019
  • Selected to participate in a two-day higher education reporting boot camp 

Emerging Journalist
The Dow Jones News Fund — Summer 2019
  • Awarded a grant to attend the Asian American Journalists Association National Convention 
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Recipient
James F. Hurley Legacy Scholarship — Spring 2019
  • ​Awarded to a junior in journalism or communications who has demonstrated excellence in the field
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Recipient 
Brad Hamm International Scholarship — Spring 2018
  • ​Awarded to a rising junior or senior in the School of Communications who is either an international student or has demonstrated strong international interest
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​​Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts of the Philippines — Summer 2015

EDUCATION

​Elon University
Elon, N.C. — GPA 3.7 | May 2020
Majors: Journalism | ​International Relations
Minors: Peace & Conflict Studies | Middle East Studies | Jewish Studies

​St. Andrew's High School
Middletown, Del. -- GPA 3.3 | May 2016

RECENT AWARDS

1st Place: Best News Reporter in the South
Society of Professional Journalists — 2019

1st Place: Best Feature Writer in the South
Society of Professional  Journalists — 2019

1st Place: National Breaking News Photography
Society of Professional  Journalists — 2018

1st Place: Regional Breaking News Reporting
Society of Professional  Journalists — 2018

1st Place: Best of Show Multimedia Package 
​Associated Collegiate Press — 2018
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1st Place: Multimedia News Report 
Radio Television Digital News
Association of the Carolinas — 2018
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Top 10: Breaking News Writing
Hearst Journalism Awards Program — 2018-2019
AFFILIATIONS
The Society for Professional Journalists
Member — 2018-Present 

Asian American Journalists Association
Member — 2018-Present

Investigative Reporters & Editors
Member — 2017-2019

Lambda Pi Eta: Communications Honor Society
Member — 2019-Present 

Omicron Delta Kappa: Leadership Honor Society
Member — 2019-Present

SKILLS

DSLR Photography
Videography
AP copy editing
​HTML and CSS Coding
​Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro

​LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Tagalog
Elementary understanding of Arabic
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