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Monterey County, California, United States

Reporting on agriculture, immigration, and K-12. Covering the cities of Marina, Salinas, and South Monterey County.● Pitch, investigate, and write news and features for the Monterey County Weekly, for printand online ( website and newsletter).● Develop stories using Spanish-speaking sources and increase Spanish speakers' perspectives.● Feature news stories and coverage for the Spanish-speaking and Latinx community.● Build relationships within the community focusing on Spanish speakers and farmworkers.● Photographer and Social media (sharing and scheduling stories across different platforms) backup.

Monterey, California

General assignment multimedia journalist covering the tri-county area:Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito.● Investigated, translated, and delivered the news in Spanish.● Wrote Spanish scripts for news stories and articles on the newscast website.● Recorded B-Roll and video edited news stories.● Maintained an online presence with our followers by uploading promotional videosand streaming live engaging with our digital audience providing information and answeringquestions.● Increased traffic on Social Media platforms by interacting with our social media by followersanswering questions, empathizing, and providing information via Livestream and direct messaging.● Suggested to make news content in indigenous languages and investigated translation resourcesfor a project called Momento de Los Pueblos, a news segment in Mixteco.● Analyzed local media news and social media platforms such as Facebook community groups,law enforcement, local government, business associations, and grassroots organizations.● Built relationships with local government, law enforcement, and community members.

Greater San Diego Area

● Assisted the 6 pm Yuma- El Centro News Producer. ● Wrote voiceovers (VO) and voiceovers with sound on tape (VO/SOT) on INews in Spanish.● Inserted newscast CGI and managed the teleprompter.● Fact-checked information and followed the latest stories’ updates.

San Diego City College

General assignment reporter and video editor.● Produced, wrote, shot, & edited Voice and Overs voiceovers with sound on tape (VO/SOT), and news packages.● Produced the sports segment and presented news packages on set as the lead reporter.● Production duties included floor director, camera operation, and chyron.● Translated/ Edited stories and produced Newscene’s, Spanish Show.● Covered transborder stories in the San Diego-Tijuana region for print and TV.

San Diego City College

● Investigated, wrote, and photographed news, sports, and feature stories.● Wrote captions and organized and cataloged the photo archive.

San Diego City College

● Managed a newsroom of 12 and oversaw the production of the college’s newspaper.● Investigated, wrote, and photographed news, sports, and feature stories.● Was lead designer of the college's newspaper.● Oversaw news production and maintained Online Content.● Wrote captions and organized and cataloged the photo archive.

Greater San Diego Area

● Designed the icon of the SANDIS 7 application● Redesigned the Sandis 7 Logo● Vectorized Sandis logo● Provided visual design advice for the Sandin 7 interface● Designed the headers of Sandis 7 applications● Photographed, resize, and color corrected images

Bachelor'S Degree, Design

Associate'S Degree, Photography & Journalism

Activities and Societies: Coyote News letter City Times Phi Theta Kappa