NPR

Production Assistant for Social Media Platforms 

September 2021  - present day

  • Developing original visual content for social media tailoring young and diverse audiences on platforms with over 20 Million followers.

  • Developed the News Roundup, a visual newsletter for Instagram.

  •  Researching story ideas and fact check supporting materials for NPR social media platforms

  • ​ Producing and editing video series with the International Desk on current event outside the U.S.​

  •  Producing a series of videos with Global Health and Shots desks on Covid-19 measures.

  • Producing videos that have reached to over 2 million views.

American Society of Maganize Society

Poets&Quants Editorial Intern

June 2021 - august 2021

  • Interviewing story subjects, report on developments, and writing stories related to graduate business education in the U.S. and globally, including Europe and Asia.

AFP

Social Media Intern

January - JUNE 2021

  • Wrote and proofread engaging, clear text for AFP Facebook posts.

  • Lead the creation of explainers on Instagram AFP Fact Check account.

  • Collaborated with photo teams to ensure variety among content shared on social media.

Impremedia

Freelance Audience Engagement Producer

October 2020 - August 2021

  • Managing the El Diario New York and La Opinion Los Angeles social media accounts, as well as scheduling.

  • Creating AMP Google slides for Impremedia media publications.

  • Conducting live interviews on Instagram accounts and leading the creation of Instagram reels.

  • Writing feature stories of local businesses and initiativesin New York.

  • Increased growth on El Diario NY Instagram account by +26.91% and La Opinion +18.61%.

El Diario New York

Instagram News Fellow

june - october 2020

  • Produced two IGTV series

ElDiarioChat and ElDiarioRecipes
highlighting Latinx
businesses/initiatives operating
during the pandemic in NYC.
  • Video views increased +71k
El Diario NY: Follower growth by
+6.40% in a month.
  • La Opinion: Follower growth
by +10.37% a month in

Wholesome Creative Works

Marketing Assistant

February 2020 - present day

  • Assisted in developing a website

for a variety of businesses.

  • Created marketing materials,

brand identity on social media to
include: social media calendars
and strategies for various clients
in the real estate industry and
insurance agents.

El Paso Herald-Post

Consultant

AUGUST 2020

  • Developed a plan to re-design the

website created new social media
strategies and channels for the
newspaper.

El Paso Herald-Post

Latinx and Social Justice Reporter

OCTOBER 2019 - present day

  • Conducting interviews across different
    communities on issues related to:
    Immigration, environmental, social
    justice.

  • Writing and creating audio pieces for the website.

PBS El Paso

Community Outreach Intern

August 2018 - January 2020

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  • Oversaw educational outreach programs for parents, to include partnership development, coordination of outreach events, and more.

  • Assisted with solicitation of in-kind donations for events such as PBS Kids
    Writers Contest and Wine & Food Classic. 

  • Assisted with agency communications to include social media posting,
    e-newsletter writing, generation of content, creation of collateral
    material, such as photography and more.

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EDUCATION

University of Texas at El Paso.

Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia
Journalism.

  • 4.0 GPA. Dean's list.

  • Honors Program.

  • Alpha Chi Honor Society

  • Freedom Forum Endowed Hispanic Scholarship Fund for Journalism Students

  • Women's Fund of El Paso

  • Houston Endowment Professional and Leadership Development Fund

  • Member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists

  • ProPublica's Diversity scholarship

Say What TV

Scriptwriter Journalist

​August 2020 - present day

  • Developing and researching breaking and evergreen news for a media platform for high school students. Writing scripts for each episode of the Star, the Say What show.

Buzzfeed News

Instagram News Fellow

​AUGUST 2020

  • Produced and edited a video clip about

the AfroLatina experience in NYC
highlighting the relationship between
their hair and race.

MSNBC

Student Journalist.

  • Co-produced a live segment for the Super Tuesday national coverage.

  • Assisted MSNBC's anchor Alicia Menendez.

NBCTelemundo Enterprises

News Co-Producer

  • Created a segment for Telemundo's

news show Mediodia focusing on the aftermath of the El Paso Walmart
shooting and young college students'
perspective.

NBCNews

Independent Journalist

​SUMMER 2019

  • Gathered, edit, produced a minidocumentary on immigration and life on the border, it had over 116k views on IGTV.

NBCTelemundo Enterprises

Student Journalist

​SUMMER 2019

  • Was on-site at the Adrienne Arsht
    Center, reporting at the Democratic
    debate in Miami, Florida.

  • Created segment on Immigration for Noticias Telemundo Instagram

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Online News Association

Speaker

  • Participated as a speaker during the 2020 Online News Conference. 

  • Shared strategies to increase engagement as a newspaper on Instagram.