Resume
Work Experience
South Seattle Emerald
Freelance Reporter
Seattle, WA
Aug. 2025 - Present
• Reported on sensitive topics such as public safety, gentrification, and immigration in Seattle’s most diverse region.
• Localized national news stories such as cuts to social safety net programs and responses to the Cesar Chavez abuse
allegations.
• Appeared on Seattle’s NPR Station, KUOW, to discuss my reporting on surveillance cameras and the different
perspectives in the local community.
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