Learning digital marketing with FAST has been an exciting journey. We tripled our weekly blog traffic in just 2.5 months by securing first-page Google results. I've also worn many hats in our lean marketing team—from social media, video scripts, Facebook and email campaigns, landing pages, award submissions, and even sales decks—and I've loved every minute of it.

I helped reel public trust at the Bureau by making official updates clear, concise, and legacy media-friendly. The best part was translating complex, technical fisheries concepts into clear-cut stories.

Prepared press releases, memoranda, speeches, policy briefs, and budget reports.

Fast-paced. High-stakes. Reporting for Tribune put me at the heart of the action: the coronavirus pandemic and the 2022 presidential elections. I was named Reporter of the Year in 2020, but the best reward was serving thousands of readers during such a pivotal time.

Straight out of university, I kicked off my career as a newspaper reporter covering government affairs. This job got me hooked on storytelling. And the rest is history.