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VH Management is a team of real estate fund managers currently focused on building capacity in Puerto Rico. Our primary fund, Vida Hermosa, invests in income generating real estate in Puerto Rico with a mission to improve the communities in which we work, create strong returns for our investors, and build long-term relationships by treating our tenants.

Bella Vida is focus on real estate and investment strategy in Savannah, GA. Our core values include Creating a better place to live for our customers; building the community for our city; financial freedom for our investors; and loyalty, honesty, and integrity at the core of everything we do.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Uncharted is a boutique creative agency focused on the intersections of platform development, content, and strategy. We are new media innovators motivated by social impact. Currently working with projects in collaboration with Tribeca, Sundance, Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundation.

AVG is a group of storytellers whose work rises above the limits of platform and technology. We thrive on challenging projects - using our creativity and our network - to build audiences in real life as often as we build them online.

New York, NY, US

Working between the Corporate Communications team and RFI Studios to expand client offerings and develop proprietary media initiatives across the company. Also helping with the Ruder Finn Effect to leverage the resources of RF / RFI to bolster CSR and cause-based initiatives around the world.

New York, New York, US

Calabasas, CA, US

• Nonprofit organization empowering communities through self-sustaining journalism.
• Named by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative companies for 2014.
• Overseen projects spanning Iraq, Latvia, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Afghanistan, Philadelphia, and the United States.
• Successfully developed the organization from the red to a six figure operating budget through a series of grants and training contracts.
• Led the project to receive recognitions including SXSW Interactive's Award for Activism, two Webby Award Honors, a Gracie award for coverage of Women's issues, the Award of Excellence for Topic Presentation from the.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Focused on teaching new media courses at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism. Specific courses included undergraduate level Intermediate and Advanced Photojournalism, graduate level Intro to Multimedia, summer bootcamp intensive for incoming graduate students, and Monetization and the New Media.

• Conceptualized, led the development, and created the digital strategy for Counterspill.org.
• A short-term project with Chris Paine (Director, Who Killed the Electric Car) exploring the effects of fossil fuel consumption on impacted communities.
• The site won three Webby Awards - Activism and Green (Jury) and Activism (People's Choice), as well as numerous other industry recognitions.
• Responsible for building the organization from the ground up; including team recruitment, organizational strategy, partnership and funding identification, and technology development.

• Regular freelancer for the Associated Press in Los Angeles, with work published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today and NEED Magazine.
• Awards and recognitions from FotoDC, the National Press Photographers Association, Getty Images, and Microsoft.
• Freelance photography - Travel, events, editorial, news - Represented by ZUMA Press

• Developed a Content Management System (CMS) that houses more than 5,000 entries and 25,000 photos.
• Led an international team to populate the site’s content.
• Worked on location in South Africa while also contributing to the overall authorship and production of the travel guide.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Documented events for distribution across several mediums and media outlets.
• Developed public relations material, in print and digital formats, to represent the USC Libraries.
• Responsible for multimedia aspects of event production including managing a team for A/V support.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Responsible for developing vision and planning for multimedia and collaborative technology.
• Assessed, evaluated, and built upon existing multimedia and collaborative spaces, technology and services.
• Introduced and integrated new technologies and developed user bases and training courses for the USC Libraries.
• Project managed the development of various specialized applications, as well as new hardware integration.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

M.A. Communication Management, Emphasis: Information Technology And Strategic Corporate Communication

B.A. History, Minors In Classics And Ancient Religion

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Education record