Professional Experience
Freelance Journalist, San Francisco, CA, September 2006-present
Write and produce print and radio stories for local and national publication and broadcast. Outlets include the San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, and Dwell magazine.
Fellow, NEWS21, Berkeley, CA, May 2008-August 2008
Reported stories on health care, education, housing, the economy, and the 2008 election for a multimedia news collaborative funded by the Carnegie and Knight Foundations.
Producer and Reporter, KWMR, Point Reyes Station, CA, June 2007 – July 2007
Reported, edited and produced general news stories for daily local news broadcast.
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, August 2007 – May 2008
Taught and led discussion sections for undergraduates in Mass Communications courses. Planned lessons, graded papers, and coached students in writing.
Program Analyst, National Quality Forum, Washington, D.C., February 2005 – August 2006
Planned and coordinated meetings for committees working on various health care topics.
Advocacy Specialist, CASA of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, September 2003 – August 2004
Conducted community organizing, advocacy, and education campaigns on the state and county level relating to Latino and immigrant issues in a bilingual (English/Spanish) work setting. Wrote press releases and worked with both English- and Spanish-language area media.
Intern, Video/Action Fund, Washington, D.C., Summer 2002
Conducted research for ongoing documentary video projects, obtained visual material for films, logged tapes, transcribed interviews, and assisted at shoots.
Editor-in-Chief, The Indicator, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1999 – 2001
Edited and produced a journal of social and political thought.
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism
MJ, May 2008
Amherst College, Amherst
BA, English, 2003
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Awards
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Skills
Speaking, reading, writing facility in Spanish. Experienced audio editor and web designer. Proficient in ProTools, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Microsoft Office.
