EXPERIENCE

The Washington Post

National Reporter
January 2020 – present

  • Report distinctive, high-impact stories touching on issues of race and LBGTQ rights that headlined the homepage or frontpage dozens of times. 
  • Spearhead Post efforts to reach communities of color, growing the About Us newsletter subscriber list to more than 100,000 engaged readers with a 36 percent open rate.
  • Broaden The Post’s social reach by collaborating with the audience team to craft callouts that incorporate user-generated content to craft viral stories that engage thousands of readers.

Multiplatform editor, emerging news products
January 2016 – December 2019

  • Produced and arranged articles in the Post’s national news apps using a proprietary content management system. 
  • Amplified the reach for The Post’s stories by cultivating promotional relationships with third-party platforms like Apple News and Amazon.
  • Excelled under tight deadline pressure, writing and sending breaking news alerts that were pushed to millions of mobile devices, driving significant traffic.
  • Developed a distinct social voice for the Post on Snapchat Discover, maintaining a lucrative relationship with the social platform and reaching a new audience of upwards of a million subscribers.

Trove

Associate editor/social media strategist
January 2014 – December 2015

  • Supervised the work of three editors to ensure the reader’s home page displayed the most important news on this news app. 
  • Developed our social media strategy on Facebook, growing followers to more than 100,000 users.   
  • Project-managed initiatives and collaborated with engineers using Jira to incorporate new product features on the app. 

Patch

Local editor
October 2010 – January 2014

  • Assigned articles to freelancers and managed a budget for hyper-local news site in Northern Virginia. 
  • Wrote original pieces, took photos, curated the homepage and managed our social media. Consistently exceeded quarterly traffic goals. 

South Florida Sun Sentinel

Staff writer
October 2007 – October 2010

  • Wrote about local communities and breaking news in a fast-paced South Florida environment. 
  • Collaborated with local television stations to report breaking news for print and on air that was showcased on morning/evening newscasts. 

SKILLS

  • Bilingual in Spanish
  • Experienced in photo editing, video editing, HTML, WordPress, and in-house content management systems.

EDUCATION

  • Master’s in Interactive Journalism at American University, class of 2014
  • Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at the University of Central Florida with a minor in English literature, class of 2007