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Seattle, Washington, United States

Global

• Covered socio-cultural trends for startup challenging stereotypes with uncommon stories from places making common headlines.
• Reported, wrote, and edited video footage sent from around the world, using motion graphics for more engaging content.
• Managed social media and organically grew audience by 850%, with most popular video surpassing 1.2 million views.

Cleveland, OH

• Wrote articles, interviewing directors and producers, to promote upcoming films for the festival's daily news.

London, United Kingdom

• Supported editors and staff reporters on international stories desk – interviewing, researching, fact checking, and translating French.
• Wrote feature articles.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Shot and produced 30-minute documentary on an actress developing a one-woman play about navigating her Indian-American identity and her trauma and healing following a sexual assault in India.Recognition
• Regional Emmy - 2016 NATAS Chicago/Midwest Student Television Award (Long Form)
• Editors’ Pick at The Atlantic
• Official Selection 2016 Chicago South Asian Film Festival

New York City

• Assisted director with post-production of "My Own Man" documentary on his emotional and humorous quest for his own manhood after discovering he will have a son.
• Prepared and edited transcript and legal logs.Recognition
• Official Selection 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
• NETFLIX Original

New York City

• Supported attorneys with litigation – drafting/editing legal documents and navigating New York state and federal courts.
• Managed boutique commercial law firm’s basic accounting and banking, client billing, and supply and service logistics to allow attorneys to focus on billable hours.

New York City

• Managed social media for Internet startup setting up drinks between two groups of friends to maximize exposure to potential users.
• Conducted market research of restaurant/bar scene. Contacted venues to establish partnerships.

New Haven, CT

• Researched Carter- and Reagan-era energy policies and environmental discourse for professor Paul Sabin’s book, "The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future," published in 2013. Research.
• Researched U.S. environmental history and natural resource management, tracking down and cataloging documents and images for use in lectures and academic writing.

New Haven, CT

• Wrote about music, mainly hip-hop, for arts & entertainment desk. Wrote features such as profile of local off-track betting multiplex.

• Investigated various corporate service providers for Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR).
• Contacted CSPs, working undercover, to observe procedures enforced in order to assess potential for money laundering and financing of terrorism.

New Haven, CT

• Designed and administered training for 20-30 students per quarter, preparing them to produce and broadcast their own professional-caliber shows.
• Transformed WYBC from a corporate-run AM radio station without much student involvement or audience to a student-run station with online streaming and a major presence on campus.
• Hosted weekly variety music/talk show and funk/hip-hop music show on AM radio and online stream.

B.A., History

Activities and Societies: C2 Club Soccer, WYBC Yale Radio, Yale Daily News, Filmmaking Distinction in the Major

Master Of Science In Journalism, Medill School Of Journalism

Activities and Societies: Documentary Capstone, Sports Immersion Program • Developed reporting and storytelling skills across platforms.

Education record

Directly matriculated and completed coursework in French through Center for University Programs Abroad.