resumé
Work Experience:
Showbiz & TV Reporter, Editor - Reach PLC
October 2024 - Present
Reporter and editor for The Mirror US, The Daily Express US, and Irish Star US, specializing in pop culture and entertainment news. Pitching and writing 7 stories a day including TV & film reviews, breaking news, and exclusive interviews. Editing copy for publication. Press accredited at TIFF, NYFF, NewFest, and Sundance.
Freelance Entertainment Journalist - Collider
July 2024 - March 2025
Horror Features Writer, pitching and writing original analytical articles about horror films for the ValNet entertainment website collider.com.
Supplemental Instruction Leader - CUNY Research Foundation
July 2021 - June 2022
Course: MES 153-1401 Screenwriting
Duties include attending all class sessions and assisting the professor with lectures, lesson planning, and class writing exercises as well as holding twice weekly Zoom writing workshops for students. Wrote two screenplays that were included on the syllabus as sample scripts.
Teaching Assistant - Borough of Manhattan Community College
December 2021 - June 2022
Course: ENG 101-0501 English Composition, 2 sections
Duties include attending all class sessions and assisting the professor with class participation, reading workshops, holding twice weekly tutoring sessions with students, and helping students with composition, editing, research and MLA format.
Education:
Brooklyn College (CUNY) - Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2024
Major: Creative Writing, Minor: Film Studies
GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
Dean's List: Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Sophie C. Aksel Special Baccalaureate Scholarship - Spring 2023
Sarah Koltun Scholarship - Spring 2023
English Department Chair's Scholars - Spring 2023
Winner - Academy of American Poets College & University Prize - Spring 2023
Winner - Louis B. Goodman Creative Writing Scholarship - Spring 2023
Fellow - Zicklin Scholars Degree Completion Program - Summer 2023
Winner - Ottillie Grebanier Drama Award - Spring 2024
Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY) - Associate of Arts, 2022
Major: Writing & Literature
GPA: 4.0, with Honor
Dean’s List: Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Member, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
