EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Cruz, 2018

Science Communication Graduate Certificate

University of Florida, 2017

BS Psychology: Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience, cum laude

BFA Dance, summa cum laude

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- Bylines in Live Science, Science News, The Scientist, BrainFacts.org, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, Stanford Medicine Magazine, Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+, Eos, Space.com and Mongabay

 

- Experience as a host of both online live shows and edited video, as well as a special guest for podcasts and radio  

 

- Experience as a public information officer, science writer and digital content creator for various universities and research institutions

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EXPERIENCE

Live Science

• Channel editor, Health, March 2023 - present

  • Commissions and edits health news and evergreen articles from staff writers and freelancers

  • Reports health news, including daily news, analyses, "explainers," and long-form features

  • Sets health vertical strategy alongside the EIC and managing editor with the goal of covering core areas of interest, meeting readership targets and providing supporting content for existing site pages

  • Assists in top edits and copy edits across Live Science's other verticals (Human Behavior, Planet Earth, Animals, Archaeology, Space, Physics)

• News editor, Health, Jan. - March 2023

  • Commissioned and edited health news stories from staff writers and freelancers.

  • Reported daily health news, explainers and analysis pieces, as well as a variety of evergreen pages.

  • Set health news strategy alongside the health channel editor with the goal of covering core areas of interest, meeting readership targets and providing supporting content for existing site pages.  

  • Curated Live Science’s daily email newsletter.

• Staff Reporter, Health, Sep. 2019 - Jan. 2023

  • Wrote news stories, features, explainers and encyclopedic “reference” pages regarding health and medicine. Also regularly covered climate, natural disasters, animals, paleontology, evolution, basic biology and earth science. 

  • Hosted videos and livestreams, and gained experience as a guest on radio programs, including Science Fantastic with Dr. Michio Kaku and The Filipino Edition.

  • Hosted live COVID-19 Q&A’s on Facebook and weekly coronavirus special reports on a podcast; these updates ran from Feb. 6 to Sep. 13, 2020.

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PAST INTERNSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS

2020 AHCJ-New York Health Journalism Fellowship, *Completed in April 2022

The Scientist Intern, Jul. - Sep. 2019  

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Science Communication Fellow, Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2019

UC San Francisco Health and Science Communication Intern, Jun. - Sep. 2018

San Jose Mercury News Intern, Apr. - Jun. 2018

Monterey County Herald Intern, Jan. -  Mar. 2018

Eos Travel Fellowship to AGU, Dec. 2017

Stanford University School of Medicine, OCPA Intern, Oct. - Dec. 2017

Roche Molecular Diagnostics Graduate Fellowship in Science Communication, 2017 - 2018

NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellowship to AAAS, Feb. 2017

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / CLINICAL SHADOWING

UF NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention (CSEA), 2016 - 2017

MD Summer Experience at Emory University (MD-SEE), 2016   

Lab in Cognitive Neuroscience course, 2015

 

SKILLS

• Delivering clean copy on quick turnaround

• Finding knowledgeable and lesser-used sources for comment 

• Distilling complex scientific concepts into concise, lay-friendly narratives

• Shifting gears between basic research and “news-you-can-use” health stories

• Working as part of a dedicated health team, honing angles and divvying up reporting

• Staying organized and setting priorities while juggling multiple stories

• Writing scripts and hosting video content

• Writing and managing social content

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