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Communications Strategist
My
Pitch
Communications strategist with 6+ years of experience in both
communications and journalism. Proven success in leading media campaigns, managing year-long writing and social media plans to highlight varying media moments, coaching colleagues and clients in national programs and driving audience engagement through intentional narrative work. Seeking growth opportunities with a team who lives for the art and equation of effective messaging.
Milestone Features:
Feature no.1
Mothers, midwives and mortality: Why some Black women seek a holistic approach
- Los Angeles Press Club Finalist
Feature no.2
After decades struggling with hearing loss, Waynesboro Symphony Director makes full recovery
- Virginia Press Award Winner
Feature no.4
Teacher Support Helps Students Find Their Path at Goshen High
- National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Feature
In The Past Six Years, I Have:
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Led communications & outreach for NIET’s debut Fellows Program, receiving dozens of media coverage items and serving as the writing coach for 12 award winning educators nationwide in their program.
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Produced all NIET blogs, newsletters and press releases, led to major growth in 2024-25 in blog views (+32.9%) and press releases (+61%).
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Planned and executed writing and communications campaigns for events, conducted in-depth media analysis reports of the education media landscape, edited a full-length book manuscript, written weekly and monthly blogs, press releases and internal and external newsletters. Managed relationships and interviews with leadership staff, stakeholders and partners.
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Expanded my journalistic experience with McClatchy National Real Time Team, a force of reporters covering different corners of the country through 30 local newsrooms across America.
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Covered local, regional and state government matters for The News Leader, a branch of the USA Today network. Built readership around local government and navigated different jurisdictions and audiences:
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Selected as a Humphrey Global Leadership Seminar Attache for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows Program by the Walter Cronkite School and Barrett, The Honors College, at Arizona State University, which focused on developing members into effective media staff-members and leaders through lectures, readings, videos, discussions and group exercises related to leadership styles, media business models and media case studies.
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Wrote in-depth articles about birth mortality, crime, sustainability and veterinarian suicide in Los Angeles. Continued to enhance my ability to operate remotely while consistently producing intimate stories from personalized sources.
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Produced an in-depth project examining the impacts of climate change on different National Parks across the country including the Mojave Desert, the Rocky Mountains and the Everglades.
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Studied emergency management, international affairs and counter-terrorism in the Middle East, solidified interview and inquiry skills, source allocation and developed a deep understanding of an outside perspective of the United States.
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Currently serves as Assistant Principal Violist in the Scottsdale Philharmonic, performing for community and philanthropic events.
My Education:
2017-2020
Arizona State University
Bachelors Degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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2017-2020
Barrett, The Honors College at ASU
