Resume

Reporter and audio producer. Passionate about bringing news to life through narrative.

News Reporter/Producer, 90.3 KAZU (January 2024-Present, Freelance)

Freelance Reporter & Producer (November 2020-Present)

Co-reported, wrote, and produced a narrative feature for NPR's Code Switch.
Reported, photographed, and wrote daily news stories on local policy and government for the San José Spotlight.
Reported, wrote, and produced a 7-month environmental investigation for audio and digital.

Investigative Reporting Mentor/Advisor, City on a Hill Press (April-June 2023, Contract)

Advised and mentored a group of student journalists working on investigative reporting projects for their university newspaper.

Podcast Producer, The Oregonian/OregonLive (October 2022-March 2023, Fellowship)

Hosted and produced dozens of episodes of The Oregonian’s daily news podcast and 7 episodes of Beat Check with The Oregonian.
Managed production calendar for 4 weekly podcasts.
Mixed episodes of Peak Northwest, an outdoors and travel podcast.
Promoted all Oregonian podcasts on social media.
Contributed reporting and research for a four-part investigative series called The Forgotten Four, which published on October 20, 2023.

General Assignment Reporter, The Press Democrat (June-September 2022, Internship)

Associate Producer, The Science of Happiness (June-August 2022, Part-Time)

Booked guests, pitched episodes, prepared interview questions, gathered tape in the field, and researched psychology studies for a weekly podcast.

Audio Reporter/Producer, Talk Policy To Me (September 2020-May 2022, Part-Time)

Pitched, researched, reported, produced, and mixed bi-weekly interview-style podcast episodes, with a focus on climate policy and electoral politics.
Attended weekly editorial meetings and provided feedback to colleagues.
Samples: Talking Trade-offs & the Electric Grid; Talking Agriculture, Drought, & Resilience; Talking a Voting Overhaul, Part 1.

Data Researcher, Reveal/The Center for Investigative Reporting (November 2020-December 2021, Part-Time)

Requested, collected, and analyzed dozens of police reports, researched and fact-checked studies, and created a database to find patterns in police behavior during sexual assault investigations for a documentary film.
The film, Victim/Suspect, premiered at Sundance on January 23, 2023. It was released on Netflix on May 23, 2023.

Event Coordinator, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (August-December 2021, Part-Time)

Booked high-profile journalists as guest speakers for a first-year class at Berkeley Journalism.
Communicated with and attended to guests to ensure they were prepared for their appearance.

Investigative Intern, UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program & Open Vallejo (May-August 2021, Internship)

Filed public records requests across multiple police departments. Read through over 600 of pages of police investigative files to identify policy violations.

Votebeat Reporter, CalMatters (October-November 2020, Part-Time)

Reported 4 election stories as part of CalMatters’ Votebeat project in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Editor & Reporter, City on a Hill Press (September 2017-June 2020, Part-Time)

Pitched, reported, assigned, and edited dozens of stories over the course of three years.
Co-reported an investigative series about how UC Santa Cruz responded to allegations of harassment against a tenured professor.

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Skills

Education

Master of Journalism, Audio | UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism | 2022
- As a recent alum, reviewed incoming applications for the Class of 2025
Bachelor of Arts, Politics | University of California, Santa Cruz | 2020 | Magna Cum Laude, Latin American and Latino Studies Minor
- Human Rights and Cultural Memory study abroad program | 2018 | Buenos Aires, Argentina & Santiago, Chile

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