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Curriculum Vitae

Employment

November 2022 - present - High School Program Coordinator, Youth and Opportunity United, Evanston, IL

March 2021 – Present - Freelance Writer, Screen Rant, TheRichest, The Evanston Roundtable, Uncharted Territory

February 2021 – Present -Freelance Producer, Chicago, Illinois

July 2018 – August 2022 - English As A Second Language Tutor, The Centro Romero Agency, Chicago, Illinois

September 2019 – July 2022 - Freelance Production Assistant, Chicago, IL

January 2020 – March 2020 - Bilingual Voter Registration Assistant, 360 Campaign Consulting, Chicago, IL

December 2019– March 2020 - After School Art Teacher, Young Rembrandts, Evanston, IL

August 2019 – March 2020 - Social Media Coordinator & Production Assistant, Big Shoulders Digital Video Productions, Chicago, IL

June 2019 – September 2019, Reel Mamas Chicago, Chicago, IL - Production Assistant & Multimedia Contributor

August 2018 – August 2019 - ESL & Computer Literacy Instructor, AmeriCorps VISTA with Literacy Volunteers Illinois at Instituto del Progreso Latino, Chicago IL

June 2018 – August 2018 - Volunteer Hands of Peace, Chicago, IL

November 2017 – March 2018 - Waitress & Bartender Tamayo Restaurant & Art Gallery, El Sereno, CA

February 2018 – March 2018 - Bartender, Art Center College, Pasadena, CA

August 2017 – February 2018 - Creative Intern, AMBOS Project, Los Angeles, CA

August 2016 - December 2016 - College Application Tutor, The Neighborhood Partnership Program, Los Angeles, CA

January 2016 - June 2016 - In-Schools Intern, 826LA Echo, Los Angeles, CA

June 2015 - September 2015- Guest Services, Hostel La Vista, San Juan, Puerto Rico

January 2014 - November 2016 Senior Writer and Editor, The Occidental, Los Angeles, CA

Research + Presentations

2017 Occidental College Cultural Studies Thesis: Narratives and Fantasies of Rape Culture and Anti-Patriarchal Sexualities In Fan Fiction

2017 SIT Student Researcher - LGBTQ and Feminist Activism: From Neo-Liberal Obstacles to United Strategies

Creative Works

April - May 2017, Craftivismo y Cociencia Politica, Managua, Nicaragua

Production

2015 - Director, Producer, Editor, Capoeira

2021 - Producer & Editor, 7/11, 7/11 BTS, 7/11 Lyric Video

2024 - Pitch, "La Reina Activista" "The Activist Queen", documentary series following the work of trans activist Ludwika Ruby Vega and her rise to prominence as an activist and organizer at the Associacion Nicaraguense Trans ANIT, the history of LGBTQ activism in Nicaragua in context of Nicaraguan history and U.S. involvement and the 2018 military crackdown after protests surrounding an unmitigated forest fire in

Writing

Screen Rant

TheRichest

The Evanston Roundtable

UnchartedTerritory.Travel

AutoStraddle

The Occidental

Education

2017 Bachelor of Arts

Major | Critical Theory and Social Justice: Emphases, Post-Colonial, Feminist & Queer Studies

Minor | Media Arts & Culture: Emphases Journalism & Documentary Filmmaking

2017 SIT Study Abroad Nicaragua & Cuba | Youth Literacy, Media & Culture