Launched in 2017 as an independent podcast network, All Points West is currently in grow-fast mode, adding capabilities across the communications spectrum including consulting, crisis management, brand management, campaign and creative execution, internal comms, culture building, change management, copywriting, speech and script-writing, and a full communications skill stack that overlaps with various other disciplines. All Points West sets itself apart thanks to its innovative embrace of AI tools aimed at saving time and money for our partners, enabling us to focus our valuable hours on our sought-after creative work.

• Craft all editorial/content strategies and product agencywide as client-facing leader • Chief strategist on new and existing business development, curating Agency’s digital presence • Create and execute large-scale omni-channel external media campaigns, activations, and partnerships

• Led digital news desk, line editing, assigning coverage of national news, reporting, copy-editing and multimedia content integration to written elements

Covered South Florida and Latin America stories reporting up to the Reuters Southeast News Desk with a focus on municipal affairs, courts and crime, culture, and assorted high-profile scandals that touched Miami.

Produced bimonthly glossy print magazine, managing a team of staff, freelancers, contributors, editorial writers, designers and photographersOversee all aspects of the editorial budget and direction. Edit, report and produce stories. Guide coverage of issues pertaining to Hispanics in the Americas and Hispanic Americans.

Synthesize and summarize grantee reports; conduct audio, video and multimedia projects.

Reported on general assignment topics including sports, crime, courts, features, health, politics and finance. Also covered the Cuban community regularly.Conceived and created the first Herald-branded Web shows (THE SEASON, Dolphins Weekly).Frequently contributed as a correspondent for National Public Radio.Authored Get Up, Get Out, a biweekly column on Health and Fitness in the Tropical Life section.Covered three Super Bowls, three Orange Bowls and one BCS National Championship Game.After being hired as a clerk, penned over 400 bylines in print and online editions.Coauthored series on social and economic conditions surrounding baseball in Dominican Republic.Contributed to the MiamiHerald.com revamp and redesign efforts by rewriting taxonomy.Scripted, shot, edited and produced consistently top-rated videos on MiamiHerald.com.Conceived and executed several research-based interactive and multimedia ventures.Frequently covered editorial shifts on the rim, copy editing and paginating on nightly deadlines.Coordinated sports reporting with multimedia efforts to create a "full-court press" approach to coverage.Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008 Editorial Contributor Miami Sun Post (Miami)Covered Miami Beach city elections, social and economic issues, breaking news and crime.Contributed to annual Best Of editions.Edited calendar sections and columns.

This was the first time anyone paid me a regular salary to write. I mostly documented company policies and procedures. This job was quite fun for me despite the somewhat dour environs. I had a blast because I got an opportunity to interview workers from all phases of operations, learn how they do their jobs, and figure how best to put it on paper.