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—Develop curriculum, plan lessons and teach two Introduction to Mass Communication classes for college students.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• —Reported 2-3 health stories per week, including features, explainers and investigations.
• Produced an award-winning investigation into why the public-private partnership that formedFort Worth’s allopathic medical school dissolved before the inaugural class of students graduated.
• Reported on how policy affects health, including the county hospital’s decision toexclude undocumented immigrants from its subsidized care program.
• Created numerous explainers, audio stories and resource guides for people navigatingCOVID-19 and other health crises, like the baby formula shortage and school shootings.

Remote

—Co-design curriculum for two-week online journalism courses for 15+ high school or gap year students per course —Manage daily online instruction (synchronous and asynchronous), including lesson design,teaching and co-teaching, providing digital feedback and maintaining classroom security

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Oversaw weekly production of newsroom graphics and team of 12-15 graphics students (January-December 2019, August–December 2020)
• Designed 1+ data visualization or infographic/week (August-December 2018)
• Investigated and localized news on the business, state government, and general assignment beats(January–August 2018, January–July 2019)

—Analyzed voter registration data for Kansas and Missouri using SQL; produced data diaries and story pitches for each dataset—Designed 1–3 interactive graphics per story for resulting four stories

Columbia, Missouri Area

—Managed all aspects of one class’s curriculum needs: planning, teaching, grading for 25undergraduate students—Adapted to online instruction for COVID-19; organized and taught asynchronous lessonsvia Canvas and Zoom (March–May 2020)

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Write monthly I-Team Toolkit newsletter for small- and mid-market investigative broadcast reporters
• Copyedit and fact-check quarterly IRE Journal; report and write one feature/Journal

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Manage student application process, including caseload of 150+ scholarship applicants; connect applicants with volunteer college counselors
• Counsel high-achieving, low-income seniors through college application process, including college research and list development, essay revision, and assistance in the financial aid process

Westlake Village, CA

• Counsel 16+ high school students/week through college application personal statement and supplementary essay development process, including outlining and revision
• Teach on-the-go grammar, punctuation, and concision lessons

Oak Park, CA

• Manage all aspects of 5 classes’ curriculum needs, including planning, teaching, grading, tutoring, for 150+ students in English III CP, Introduction to Journalism, Foreign Exchange Student Introduction, and Children’s.
• Manage and mentor print and online newspaper staffs, oversee monthly production of 16-page school newspaper as well as semi-weekly content updates for online newspaper
• Teach teachers to implement new technology into their curriculum as one of the high school’s four TechLITEs (Leader Integrating Technology in Education)

Agoura Hills, CA

• Planned and executed semester-long English III AP curriculum, including AP Language exam preparation; 21/24 students received a 3 or higher
• Planned and executed four 3-week curriculum units for 130+ students in English IV AP, English IV CP, and English III CP, as well as work-shopping individual students’ resumes and Advanced Placement (AP) essays

Northern Iraq

• Wrote 2-3 blog posts/week, edited, and managed the organizations blog for 8 weeks

Northern Iraq

• Wrote 2-3 blog posts/week, edited, and managed the organization’s blog for 10 weeks
• Co-wrote and edited 2 screenplays for the organization’s video log

Malibu, California

• Planned and executed 10+ dorm-wide events/semester for 2 semesters
• Enforced community standards, managed maintenance concerns, and fostered community for 48 first-year students

Malibu, CA

• Wrote 1-2 feature articles for the Life-and-Arts section each week for 8 weeks

Shanghai City, China

• Taught a weekly intro-to-journalism course for 20+ eighth grade students for 8 weeks
• Developed 2 units of curriculum for middle school students in writing and global perspectives

Amarillo, Texas Area

• Mentored high school and middle school students
• Led weekly community group for high school girls for 12 weeks
• Designed and edited 7+ videos highlighting group experiences

Amarillo, Texas Area

• Created templates for tabloid-style publications through Adobe inDesign
• Wrote, designed and edited articles and pages before monthly distribution of paper
• Organized and conducted weekly staff meetings and managed group production while working with strict deadlines

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Sb2042 Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential, English/Language Arts Teacher Education

Certificate In College Counseling, College Student Counseling And Personnel Services

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Creative Writing, Summa Cum Laude (Gpa 3.98)

Activities and Societies: Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society.