Resume
Work Experience
South Seattle Emerald
Freelance Reporter
Seattle, WA
Aug. 2025 - Present
• Pitched and reported weekly news stories on how communities in South Seattle have responded to increased threats of
immigration enforcement and cuts to social safety net programs.
• Developed story ideas such as the return of a clinic in the Central District and the challenges deported veterans face
by monitoring newsletters, social media, local events, neighborhood conversations, and localizing national news
stories.
• Avoided reporting gaps by fact-checking sources and documents and doing additional reporting when necessary to
ensure accuracy and fairness.
Washington State Standard
Murrow News Fellow
Olympia, WA
Dec. 2024 - June 2025
• Leveraged previous legislative reporting experience by deepening reporting on healthcare for undocumented
immigrants and unemployment insurance for striking workers while deepening relationships with established sources.
• Explained complex legislation through human-interest reporting by actively centering underrepresented communities
and highlighting the impacts of policy on individuals.
• Honed news judgement by identifying underreported topic areas, scouting original story ideas, and finding different
angles on widely reported issues.
• Conducted interviews in Spanish and the translated comments from immigrants to English, bringing a greater
understanding of the personal impacts of policy changes.
Samoa Observer
Summer Intern
Seattle, WA
June 2024 - Aug. 2024
• Navigated unfamiliar cultural environments and adapted reporting and interviewing techniques to respect local
customs.
• Wrote daily news stories about Samoan communities and local environmental issues, with emphasis on waste
management and biodiversity.
• Anchored the newsroom as the primary photographer, documenting sports, community events, and other local
assignments.
The Seattle Times
Legislative Intern
Olympia, WA
Dec. 2023 - March 2024
• Centered lived experiences by developing connections with vulnerable sources for daily news and enterprise stories.
• Developed a system to track bills and story ideas aligned with my reporting interests.
• Actively sought feedback to improve my writing and reporting by working through multiple rounds of edits, including
self-edits, to improve story structure, conciseness, and news framing.
The Daily of UW
Diversity Beat Writer
Seattle, WA
Sept. 2022 - Dec. 2023
• Built foundational journalism skills in AP style, factchecking, and source development to ensure clear, accurate,
ethical reporting.
• Produced stories centering BIPOC students and cultural organizations that helped foster community spaces and
culture on campus.
Leadership
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Board Member
Seattle, WA
Oct. 2025 - Present
• Supporting Hispanic and Latino journalists in the Pacific Northwest by enhancing networking and community-building events.
Education
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Interest Communication and Law, Societies & Justice
Minors in Diversity and Environmental Studies
Seattle, WA
Aug. 2024
Additional Information
Honors:
2024 UW Pioneer Award for Legislative Reporting, ProPublica’s 2023 Class of Emerging Reporters, 2023 Northwest Journalist of Color Scholarship, 2021 Emmy nominated Crosscut documentary “Senior Year Was Crazy”
Skills:
Bilingual in Spanish, human-interest reporting, photojournalism
Memberships:
National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors