RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
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
- Bylines in Science News, The Scientist, the San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, Stanford Medicine Magazine, Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+, Eos, Live Science, Space.com and Mongabay
- Script writing for the YouTube channel BrainCraft
REPORTING
Live Science Staff Reporter, Health, Sep. 2019 - present
SCICOM INTERNSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS
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
Excellent reporting, writing and research
Social media management + content creation
Photography + graphic design (Adobe Illustrator, some Photoshop)
Videography + editing (Adobe Premiere)
Basic sound recording + editing (Audacity, Adobe Audition)
Basic data visualization (Plotly, RStudio)
Investigative reporting experience (filing FOIAs, building databases, searching public records, etc.)
Lighting design + lighting crew experience
Theatrical show production + promotion
Dance performance + choreography
AREAS OF INTEREST
Brains (Neuroscience, neurology, psychology, psychiatry)
Medicine (pharmacology, translational research, health policy, culture of medicine, arts in healthcare)
Environment (conservation, sustainability, resource management, environmental policy, ecology)
Science in society (education, policy, social justice, public perception of science)
Intersection of science and art