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Houston, Texas, United States

• Developed news writing skills by reporting and crafting a multimedia story for NPR’s Next Generation Radio on a tight deadline in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Utilized Adobe Audition to produce a non-narrated audio piece, enhancing technical proficiency in audio editing and production.
• Conducted in-depth interviews with story subjects, sharpening ability to gather compelling, first-hand narratives.
• Captured high-quality photography to complement a digital journalism piece, integrating visual storytelling with audio and written content.
• Wrote a feature story alongside multimedia elements, honing the ability to create engaging, in-depth narrative journalism.
• Leveraged social media platforms to promote and share the multimedia story, increasing audience reach and engagement with the content.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Partnered with teachers across the Alief ISD in designing and implementing activities to promote the development of 200+ students in the emergent bilinguals program.
• Aided teachers in designing educational content and assignments, wrote culturally relevant learning materials, and created immersive learning experiences conducive to student success.
• Assessed student data to measure learner achievement, identify deficiencies, and develop tailored intervention plans, growing average student performance by 30%.
• Maintained detailed and accurate records of student progress and development, monitored growth and delivered ongoing support to parents and guardians to promote improvement.
• Promoted four donation drives by developing compelling social media and print content, outperforming donation goals by 15%.
• Produced compelling press releases using AP Style guidelines, engaging the community and driving participation in two disaster relief campaigns.

Shanghai City, China

• Supported cross-functional consulting team in directing 30% more engagements for major healthcare and manufacturing clients.
• Developed presentations and marketing materials, reviewed and edited proposals, and rewrote key points to communicate better value propositions and win new business.
• Established and advanced clients’ social media approach, catalyzing awareness, creating brand equity, and directly contributing to an 18% revenue growth through creative storytelling and effective messaging.
• Conducted extensive market research and audience segmentation, leveraging findings to develop tailored branding plans and strategies.
• Oversaw content creation and delivery, produced gripping content and generated 400,000+ impressions, engagements, and views.

San Marcos, Texas, United States

• Helped Students and Teachers use and handle hardware and software forlearning purposes
• Managing Information systems using tools such as Microsoft's Active directory.
• Launched and helped managed a tablet lending system for school students.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism, 3.96 Gpa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Economics

Studied international economics, Chinese language, and worked in an intership site during the summer

Undergradutate