skills
editing software
Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom,
After Effects
news programs
Dali, Viz Pilot
web/online
HTML
camera work
Lumix GH3, Canon Rebel XS,
Sony CCD-V5000
audio
Zoom H6 recorder, Audition, Audacity
administrative
Microsoft Office, transcribing, mail-merging
Mailchimp, slack
language
English & Tagalog native
German intermediate (~B2 level)
Spanish intermediate
Arabic beginner
education
New York University, May 2017
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Social and Cultural Analysis cum laude
College of Arts and Sciences, Presidential Honor Scholar
Journalism, Honors Advanced Reporting
No Good Immigrants (2017)
Social and Cultural Analysis, Honors Thesis
"Memory, History Solidarity: Asian/Pacific/Americans for
Arab/Muslim/Middle Eastern/Americans"
Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellowship 2016
Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund 2016
NYU in Berlin, Germany, Spring 2015
NYU in London, United Kingdom, Fall 2014
journalist working in political news – interested in immigration, race & wealth inequality, environmental justice
professional
Social Media Editor
New York, current
Bloomberg News
Social Media Editor
New York, 2019-2021
The Daily Beast
Graphics Production Assistant
New York, 2017-2019
MSNBC Live with Ali Velshi
Production Intern
New York, 2016-2017
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
Freelance Transcriber
New York, 2016
Music writer Jeff Slate
Production Intern
New York, Fall 2015
CNN Heroes
Intern
London, United Kingdom, Fall 2014
WORLDwrite
leadership
Social Media Lead, 2019-2021
Asian American International Film Festival
Co-President, 2016-2017
Asian Heritage Month at New York University
Co-Director, 2016-2017
New York City Asian American Student Conference (NYCAASC) 2017: REALITIES
Student Rep, Spring 2017
Asian/Pacific Islander/Desi/American (APID/A) Graduation 2017
Public Relations Chair, Spring 2017
Syrian Refugee Awareness Week at NYU
Editor, Spring 2016
Journal of Social and Cultural Analysis
Co-Editor in Chief, Spring 2015
Documentary film project taking a critical look at the good immigrant-bad immigrant binary through the lens of Denise Romero, an undocumented immigrant, and the effects that U.S. policy has had on her life.
Multimedia story-telling project exploring memory in relation to physical space by documenting the places, streets, intersections which have marked our lives in significant ways as people who have lived and studied in New York City.
Refugee Integration and Resiliency
IRB-sponsored social science research compiling raw data on refugee integration through a basic 10-minute self-administered survey, using available public health indicators to focus on issues of mental health and access to resources.
Refugee Agency and Resiliency
Video profiles of Syrian refugees residing in Berlin, Germany and the ways they have gained platforms for survival and advocacy through community connections and volunteer work with local grassroots and non-profit organizations.