Resume

EXPERIENCE

Intern
Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 2008 – November 2008
Shoot and edit video reports for Clarín.com. Write feature stories for the Sociedad section.

Intern
The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla. June 2008 – August 2008
General assignment intern for metro section. Covered breaking news and wrote features, including A1 story of father and daughter joining the U.S. Army together. Contributed to coverage of Miami-Dade school budget crisis and failed attempt to fire its superintendent. Filed radio stories for WLRN-Miami Herald News. Collaborated with videographers.

Contract Reporter
Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas. May 2006 – July 2007
Covered Montgomery County, one of the nation’s 100 fastest growing areas. Reported for online and weekly neighborhood news section. Beats included business, government and religion. Followed state legislation to change the suburb’s government. Blogged daily on neighborhood news. Filed regularly for the web and wrote four print stories a week. Published more than 400 bylines.

Reporter
RUMBO, Houston, Texas. July 2004 – March 2006
Joined start-up Spanish daily before it launched in four Texas cities with a circulation of 267,000. Within six months, promoted to full-time reporter in Houston. Covered business, politics and government. One of two reporters sent on assignment to Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Returned to New Orleans six months later to report on immigrants rebuilding the city. Covered Hurricane Rita evacuation, 2005 local elections and a City Hall scandal. Published more than 300 bylines across five sections.

Freelancer
• PODER, Hispanic business and politics magazine. 2007
• La Vibra, Spanish-language entertainment weekly. 2006
• San Antonio Express-News, travel section. 2006
• Quincegirl.com, online magazine for quinceañeras. 2005-2006

EDUCATION

M.S. Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, New York. 2008
Major coursework: radio, new media, narrative writing and religion reporting.
Awards: Sig and Mary Gissler Scholarship; honors in core reporting and writing course and new media elective.

Rice University, Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Houston, Texas. 2005
Completed seminar on literary journalism.

B.A. Spanish, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. 2004
Graduated summa cum laude from liberal arts honors program, with minors in French and business.
Studied in Argentina at Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad del Salvador. All courses were in Spanish.
Worked as columnist, copy editor and wire editor for The Daily Texan, the student paper.

OTHER

Fluent Spanish; basic French.
Computer skills: ProTools, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, SoundSlides and Adobe Photoshop.
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 8 2004 Competition. First place in general column writing.
Volunteer with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Houston and Amigos de las Américas in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Phi Beta Kappa.