Peace Corps · Colombia

Boyacá, Colombia

• Serve as Editor in Chief of a volunteer-run magazine covering Colombian culture and life at site; managing contributors, editing articles, and writing reported essays.
• Teach 21 hours per week across multiple levels at a public secondary school, co-planning curriculum with Colombian counterpart teachers.
• Built and run independent community programs including a weekly conversation club, intermediate adult English class, kids' club, and ICFES university entrance exam prep course.
• Work conducted mainly in Spanish in a small, remote Colombian town.

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) · Dow Jones News Fund

Washington, D.C.

• Pitched and wrote reported articles for IJNet, ICFJ's international journalism news site, and produced a podcast episode.
• Completed 10-day Dow Jones training in audience engagement, video production, and journalism ethics.
• Managed social media accounts across four platforms; turned around copy, graphics, and short-form videos quickly.

Virginia Review of Politics

Charlottesville, Virginia

• UVA's student-run political op-ed magazine; worked closely with writers at all stages of the editorial process.
• Rose from Staff Writer to Editor in Chief, ultimately managing a team of 50+ writers, editors, and staff to produce op-eds, interviews, and a print magazine.
• Led recruitment, budget oversight, and editorial direction of the publication.

Virginia Literary Review

Charlottesville, Virginia

• Coordinated with other editors to select prose works for semesterly magazine.
• Worked closely with accepted authors to edit their pieces for publication.

B.A., Political and Social Thought & English (Modern and Global Studies Concentration)

Graduated with Highest Distinction — thesis: "'Exiled from the Memory of Men': Literature, History, and Memory in the Modern and Contemporary Americas"