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Miami, Florida, United States

-Write and edit feature stories and social media content related to innovation in education, cutting-edge research, and sound teaching strategies and practices for an audience of dedicated teachers and school leaders. -Read widely around the education space to stay on top of trends and source new stories.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

-Pitch, develop and report features and narrative essays for a range of publications on topics such as public education, the arts, marginalized communities, and photography. -Contribute writing to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, The Paris Review, NPR, The Fader, Splinter, The Miami Rail, and many other outlets. -Previously served as a Staff Writer at The South Florida Sun Sentinel and The Daily Beast.

United States

-Toured with Pop-Up Magazine “a live magazine” to perform a narrative story about high school education in the United States told through the lens of high school photographers.-Performed before audiences of over 500 people in major cities such as Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Nashville.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

-Planned and taught 12-week introductory creative writing courses to 25 adult male inmates incarcerated at Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami, Florida. -Introduced students to the fundamentals of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. -Motivated students to develop their own daily writing practice.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

-Planned and taught sections of English Composition I to freshman. -Planned and taught sections of Intro to Creative Writing to students of all levels. -Introduced students to the fundamentals of writing and pushed them to hone narrative techniques while writing essays about current events, politics, culture and technology. -Introduced students to the fundamentals of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction writing and pushed them to develop their own creative writing practice.

Opa-Locka, Florida, United States

-Led summer creative writing courses for students in fourth and fifth grade. -Taught students the basics of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. -Facilitated guest instructors such as novelist Edwidge Danticat.

Greater New York City Area

-Created and monitored the daily budget of stories for the National, Metro, Culture, Obituaries and Photo desks.-Produced slideshows and daily blog posts for the Lens Blog, moderated reader comments and managed twitter and Facebook accounts with close to one million followers.-Curated New York City events, wrote and fact-checked listings and handled permissions to obtain photographs for the weekly Spare Times page in the Arts and Leisure section.-Instructed new hires.

New York, New York

-Served as a Metro Intern for three consecutive summers.-Pitched, reported and wrote more than 20 articles for various sections including, Metro, Arts and Style.-Covered breaking news in all five boroughs, including extensive coverage of the Bronx.

Ithaca, New York Area

-Contributed 30 articles on various topics including student protests, university initiatives, the Cornell Latino community and local arts events.

Bronx, New York

-Contributed local reporting and photographs for bi-weekly publication in the North Bronx serving a readership of 37,000.

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell Hip Hop Collection Advisory Board, ALANA

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Italian National Honor Society, Varsity Track and Cross Country