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I write opinion pieces for CNN.com, Huffington Post, and more, as well as feature interviews for national magazines.

Played the title role in "Lora", which won Best Foreign Film at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, nominated for Best Actress at the San Luis International Film Festival in Argentina (Geraldine Chaplin, Jury Chair). Played Karen Jimeno in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center". The role of "Cinthia was written for me in the award-winning film, "Valami Amerika 2." TV: ER with Angela Bassett, Numb3rs, Law & Order, Law & Order:SVU, the Jury, Bedford Diaries; played Juliet, Desdemona and Ophelia in a PBS Shakespeare special with Claire Bloom.. Theater: Played Mayannah in the world premiere of Oscar-nominee Jose Rivera's "Brainpeople" at A.C.T. and Petra in "Boleros for the Disenchanted" at Yale Repertory Theater (Best Ensemble, Connecticut Critics Circle); numerous other theater credits, including off-Broadway and Broadway, in plays by Pulitzer, Tony and Drama-Desk winners.

• Founded Obamawood, which grew from 4 to almost 2,000 members and won Congressional District 33 for Obama. • Managed a team of coordinators, who in turn managed all volunteers• Organized, cut turf for, and directed a canvass executed in English, Spanish, Korean and Armenian.• Appeared in the CNN/YouTube Democratic debates• Learned community organizing skills at Camp Obama from Harvard Kennedy School professor, Marshall Ganz• Garnered international press for the campaign• Volunteered with DNC Finance Committee at 2008 Convention and with campaign finance.

Creative input, grant writing, fundraising, publicity for small media company, focusing on socially conscious media projects, including a documentary about Civil Rights leader and former National Urban League Executive Director, Whitney Young, Jr., created by his niece, Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, Bonnie Boswell Hamilton.

The 52nd Street Project 2003-2005 Volunteer Arts Educator and Academic Tutor, New York, NY• Helped develop, and acted in, plays written by low-income, at-risk elementary school students• Served as a mentor and weekly academic tutor to those students in a variety of subjects, including English, math and science; taught them how to read maps, use computers and the internet; and worked to expand scope of project to include arts instruction, recruiting fellow Harvard alumni to provide free piano lessons for participants