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Melville, New York, United States

Works as a sports reporter in the Newsday high school sports department. I embark on high school writing and reporting assignments throughout Long Island, including game stories, features, etc. Daily duties include compiling high school sports scores, highlights and statistics for both print and online versions of the newspaper. I also write stories for general sports assignments outside of high school sports and work on tight deadlines.

Works as a staff writer for the Maryland and Georgia Tech 247Sports team sites. For InsideMDSports.com, I write at least one article per day -- via ideas or assignments -- on a variety of basketball and football topics. This includes interviews, breaking news, preview articles and much more. For GoJackets.com, my role is as a basketball recruiting reporter. I write a few articles per month after connecting with and interviewing recruits. These articles include updates about visits, offers, commitments and more.

College Park, Maryland, United States

Served as the Top Deputy Editor of Testudo Times from 2022-23. Responsibilities included extensive coverage of University of Maryland football and men’s basketball beats along with general assignments covering over sports. Must use meticulous editing and proofreading skills to schedule or publish stories (gamers, features, midweeks, etc.) from entire staff on all Maryland sports. Worked directly with managing editor. Served as the school’s women's basketball beat writer for the 2021-22 season. Was the beat writer for the school's women's soccer team in fall 2021 and its field hockey team in spring 2021. Joined the publication in fall 2020 as a general assignment writer. Testudo Times is the premier source for news across all of Maryland athletics.

Developed content and contributed ideas to the ninth year of The Basketball Tournament (TBT). Content included feature stories, news stories and general coverage of the 64-team tournament. Required a lot of research and complete understanding of each team and the tournament. Also did behind-the-scenes work setting up both player and team profiles.

Covered men's wheelchair college basketball, writing both in-depth cover stories and articles. The league consists of games played by 12 universities across the country, concluding with a postseason tournament in March. College Basketball Times is a non-profit organization with the goal of covering all levels of men's and women's college basketball equally.

Equinunk, Pennsylvania, United States

Cared for well-being of children for eight weeks during summers in 2018, 2019 and 2021 (No summer 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic). Took on role as assistant group head in 2021, barring much more responsibility in leading young men to succeed on and off the field. Developed great leadership skills throughout the summers.

Wrote articles covering all things college basketball. Included everything from in-depth season previews to game previews. Required research to write best articles as possible.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication (Public Relations)

High School Diploma