Directed & Produced this hour-long documentary about Lakeith Smith's case. Smith is in prison for murder because a cop killed his friend. In 2015, at the age of 15, Smith and three other Black boys were stealing things from an empty house in Alabama when the police showed up. As Smith ran away, the police fatally shot his friend, A’Donte Washington. Then, they charged Smith with felony murder. He is now serving a 55-year sentence. But now, there is a campaign to bring him home.

Researcher for Death Row Stories, a CNN doc which explores cases about people who have dealt with the U.S. capital punishment system.

Selected from more than 250 applicants for The Marshall Project investigative reporting fellowship where I covered mental health, policing and juvenile justice. Managed to pitch and report on stories related to school arrests post-parkland, immigration in NYC, and bail hearings in Texas. I also wrote and edited first-person essays for the Life Inside series. My work appeared in Texas Observer, The New York Magazine and VICE.

Masters of Science, focus on video and narrative writing. Reporting on race, religion, arts, business & mental health.Covered the beat of South Brooklyn and reported on a variety of multi-media and feature stories. Wrote a six-week reported profile for Brooklyn Ink on the insular orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Midwood and the generational divides that exist within the community as seen through their businesses. Produced a multi-media feature, picked up by the Bklyner, on women in… Show more Masters of Science, focus on video and narrative writing. Reporting on race, religion, arts, business & mental health.Covered the beat of South Brooklyn and reported on a variety of multi-media and feature stories. Wrote a six-week reported profile for Brooklyn Ink on the insular orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Midwood and the generational divides that exist within the community as seen through their businesses. Produced a multi-media feature, picked up by the Bklyner, on women in Little Pakistan and how they keep tradition alive through cooking classes in a cramped tax office.Capstone master’s project investigated police shootings of people with mental illness which was published on the front page of the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal. Having scraped data on police shootings and interviewing victims, mental health advocates and lawyers my reporting debunked the idea proposed by many politicians and law enforcement officials that “crisis intervention training” will cure the problem of police shootings of people with mental illness.Video production has included pitching, shooting and editing profile and enterprise stories. Produced a 10-minute short doc that captures a day in the life of a 72-year-old New Yorker who has been homeless for the last five years. Show less

Pitched & published a 2600-word feature on mental health hospitals in Egypt and the lack of community based mental health treatments and approaches. Published in Egyptian Streets, Egypt’s most widely read digital English news platform.

Pitched & published a 1700-word feature on the Egyptian government’s plan to privatize the management of the pyramids as part of a larger effort to upgrade the site and revamp tourism for Business Monthly, Egypt’s most widely readEnglish-language glossy business magazine.

§ Project director for the first Pakistani public university archive which collects, catalogs and curates historical collections through digital and physical preservation.§ Devised and executed center workflows including data tabulation and collation for all collections.§ Wrote proposals to introduce 'Archival Sciences & Museum Studies' as degree programs for theuniversity board & international funding bodies.§ Secured university funding and digitized archive on to… Show more § Project director for the first Pakistani public university archive which collects, catalogs and curates historical collections through digital and physical preservation.§ Devised and executed center workflows including data tabulation and collation for all collections.§ Wrote proposals to introduce 'Archival Sciences & Museum Studies' as degree programs for theuniversity board & international funding bodies.§ Secured university funding and digitized archive on to internationally recognized Asset Management Software – Extensis Portfolio. Show less

§ Interviewed, photographed and archived over 80 interviewees for the Oral History Project (OHP)§ Data collation, dissemination, and tabulation as part of managing the organization's archives. § Liaised with the public sector, media partners, schools & industry stakeholders for OHP and fundraising events.§ Curated the annual Exchange for Change exhibition as part of the 2013-2015 EFC cycle.§ Drafted proposals & prepared budgets for various OHP related projects including, 'OHP… Show more § Interviewed, photographed and archived over 80 interviewees for the Oral History Project (OHP)§ Data collation, dissemination, and tabulation as part of managing the organization's archives. § Liaised with the public sector, media partners, schools & industry stakeholders for OHP and fundraising events.§ Curated the annual Exchange for Change exhibition as part of the 2013-2015 EFC cycle.§ Drafted proposals & prepared budgets for various OHP related projects including, 'OHP Resource & Digital Management: Building towards a catalog-based archive membership'. Show less

§ Chosen from 3000 candidates for the Teach for Pakistan fellowship.§ Taught primary and secondary classes (120 students) English at the Bali Memorial Technical HighSchool in Ladeke Bulhar.§ Conducted training workshops for local school staff along the ethos of the “Teaching asLeadership” model: lead sessions on establishing work flows in classrooms through focusing on classroom management, backward planning, curriculum organization, and monitoring/evaluating student… Show more § Chosen from 3000 candidates for the Teach for Pakistan fellowship.§ Taught primary and secondary classes (120 students) English at the Bali Memorial Technical HighSchool in Ladeke Bulhar.§ Conducted training workshops for local school staff along the ethos of the “Teaching asLeadership” model: lead sessions on establishing work flows in classrooms through focusing on classroom management, backward planning, curriculum organization, and monitoring/evaluating student performance.§ Devised school administration policies and organizational structures including weekly staff meetings and follow-up procedures.§ Developed core curriculum components and maintained tabulations on student performance based on monthly diagnostics. Show less

§ Trustee of the SOAS Students Union: elected to represent the student vote in the university 'Academic Board'§ Voting member of the Union Executive Committee: wrote and implemented policy decisions, deliberated on motions from the Union General Meetings.§ Member of the Panopto working group for alternative teaching methods.