• Oversee Borderless’ editorial calendar, publishing schedule, web producing• Complete editing and fact-checking of reporting including investigative, feature, and enterprise articles • Manage publishing collaboration with partnering news outlets• Lead a multi-part investigation on Chicago's largest migrant shelter• Represent Borderless Magazine's editorial work and engagement efforts on radio segments, podcasts, and present on panels and conferences including Driehaus Awards, Institute for Nonprofit News and Crimmigration • Work closely with the executive director to set editorial strategies and develop stories that hold the powerful accountable and illuminate the lives of immigrants.• Manage reporters, interns and freelancers on stories from pitch to publication, including story ideation, structural and line edits, copy editing, fact-checking and translations• Cultivate partnerships with local universities including Northwestern and train young emerging journalists on ethical immigration reporting• Supervise engagement reporter and edit the twice-weekly newsletter and social media posts and support pre- and post-publication engagement efforts.• Support Borderless’ team in fundraising efforts, including participating in fundraising events and editing donor campaign materials•Assist Borderless’ grant applications by framing request, writing and editing submissions and fostering connections with program officers

• Produced high-impact reporting projects by cultivating relationships with public education stakeholders including parents, teachers, support staff, administrators and district officials• Coordinated a retreat for Chalkbeat’s revenue team at Chicago’s bureau office• Mentored and provided editorial guidance for our summer intern through daily assignments and enterprise articles• Reported and produced over 140 articles on the effects of the pandemic on public education, the impact of gun violence on students, and the 2023 Chicago mayoral election• Collaborated with Block Club Chicago reporters for education coverage • Promoted Chalkbeat reporting on WBEZ’s Reset, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, City Cast Chicago’s daily podcast, and WGN and WVON radio stations

• Founding member of Block Club Chicago• Participated in planning meetings, launch story preparation, and hosted community office hours to foster relationships with residents, organizers, and elected officials • Launched and cultivated a bi-weekly newsletter focused on the Southwest Side• Nurtured emerging Black and Brown Block Club reporters by helping them navigate challenging stories, connecting them with sources, and providing editing suggestions• Panelist on engaging underrepresented communities at Investigative Reporter and Editors’ Conference 2020, Chicago Headline Club’s FOIA Festival, and News Literacy Project• Collaborated with local newsroom Better Government Association on a series of stories multiple stories on a botched implosion of a former coal plant on Chicago’s Southwest Side• Co-reported an article on transit-oriented development as part of a grant provided by the Solutions Journalism Network • Project management of enterprise reporting while simultaneously meeting daily and weekly deadlines• Reported over 1,300 stories on various topics including affordable housing, environmental justice, and immigration issues. I also produced articles on the impact of COVID-19 on Latino neighborhoods and the shooting of Adam Toledo.

• Crafted social media engagement plans to maximize audience reach for weekly feature packages • Conceived social copy for all magazine articles posted on Facebook and Twitter • Created best practice manual for social media engagement plans and social copy• Prepared analytics reports for weekly editorial meetings• Assisted video editor with interviews and shoots for video series• Produced and reported Chicago news stories, Q&A pieces, and contributed to an award-winning series entitled Last Holdouts

• As part of a five-month contract, I conducted Luminex immunoassays–a test enabling simultaneous measurement of inflammatory biomarkers for various research studies.

• Helped launch the paper’s Race Relations committee, which involved organizing and hosting a series of race relations forums aimed at raising awareness of racial injustices, hosting planning meetings with community members, and creating positive change • Reported a three-part investigative series on heat illnesses and deaths among migrant farmworkers in the Coachella Valley• Produced four-dozen daily articles on immigration, equality issues, and breaking news•

• Reported 800 stories primarily focused on crime and breaking news• Produced dozens of articles for the publication’s Murder Timeline

• Reported a feature article on Paul Cuadros, a journalism professor, author, and character on the Los Jets documentary television show • Produced a personal narrative article on my experience with Medill’s special reporting project for the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act

• As part of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, I reported and produced a long-form report on workplace discrimination faced by people with criminal records.

• As a graduate student fellow, I was involved in an immersive in-depth reporting project on detention facilities for youth.

• As part of the wire news service, I reported a multimedia series on a controversial city plan to convert a neighborhood school into a military academy.

• Coordinated the recruitment and scheduling of patients for multiple research studies• Processed blood samples, conducted immunoassays, and completed data analysis• Developed procedures to ensure the safety, efficiency, and accuracy of results• Supervised undergraduate and graduate students with various stages of laboratory learning including processing blood samples, running experiments, and data analysis• Research contributed to the publication of five academic research papers

• Prepared specialty drinks for servers and assisted other bartenders with bar patrons as needed• Cleaned and maintained bar station, restocked bar inventory nightly and changed beer kegs on tap as needed• Assisted with the training of new bartenders

• Assisted with bookkeeping, ordering, and tracking grant balances• Maintained multiple laboratory stations and laboratory supply inventory• Conducted Immunoassay and Luminex assays for studies resulting in multiple publications

• Screened and conducted preliminary interviews for alleged offenses and created probation conditions• Attended initial hearings and presented recommendations to a judge for minors' probationary conditions• Processed information into the court database and prepared cases for department transfer

• Assisted with mediation training, supervise mediation sessions, and conducted follow-up interviews • Processed intake data of mediated cases for record-keeping• Researched and revised application and recruitment requirements for consideration and acceptance into the mediation programs as part of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services

• Marketing liaison for UCLAradio.com and other campus entities• Assisted with street team marketing around campus• Developed flyers, posters, and other promotional material for the radio station• Co-anchored a 2-hour on-air radio broadcast