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Oversee White House communications across a number of issues, including immigration reform and national crises that require rapid response. Also leading internal communications around personnel changes and the overall presidential transition. Develop crisis communications strategies in close partnership with White House counsel, particularly with regard to litigation, oversight, and government accountability.

Continued to oversee strategic communications around the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and helped lead on communications other key legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and American Rescue Plan as well.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Led strategic communications around the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Led the Global Campaign Strategy Unit, the strategic communications office at the Department of State. Supervised a team of communications managers who coordinated across the interagency to run messaging campaigns on key issues including: COVID-19 recovery, China relations, the climate crisis, refugees and migration, and human rights.

Developed and executed the overarching communications strategy for the North Carolina campaign, one of the most critical battleground state programs. Led the communications operation in North Carolina.

Worked with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs' community foundation to support Stockton during the COVID-19 crisis

California

Served as the Chief of Staff to National Co-Chair and Mayor Michael Tubbs during the Bloomberg campaign.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Built out and executed the communications strategy and operation for then Senator Harris's campaign in the presidential primary.

Developed and implemented the press strategy for the electoral programs at NextGen America, a youth vote mobilization organization. My focus was on executing our strategy across 6 states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.

San Francisco, Ca

Oversaw Lever's communications and marketing strategy to expand the recruiting software company's customer base and industry brand.

San Jose

Edited and helped produce script for daily broadcasts within NBC Investigative UnitResearched and compiled information for daily web and broadcast storiesWorked with news producers to craft interview questions and coordinate meetings with sources

Stanford University

Examined and summarized hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles to be used by a Stanford history professor in her book about racial passing during the Jim Crow Era Revised and re-organized the manuscript of the book through applying editors’ and readers’ comments and assessing comprehensibility and fluidity

Los Angeles

Interned at the Los Angeles Sentinel, a local African-American newspaper Wrote stories about political and social issues that could greatly impact the African -American communityRe-organized and re-imagined Sentinel media kit

Stanford University

Master'S Degree, Communications And Media Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), American Studies

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