Experience

KVPR | Valley Public Radio

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Director

  • Nov 2022 - Present



PBS NewsHour

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• News Correspondent

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Covering the Fresno area of the San Joaquin Valley and bringing local stories to national audiences. Topics include environment, economy, health, politics and diverse communities. Covering the Fresno area of the San Joaquin Valley and bringing local stories to national audiences. Topics include environment, economy, health, politics and diverse communities.



Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Communications

  • Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

  Manage communications and storytelling in the San Joaquin and Eastern Coachella valleys. Manage communications and storytelling in the San Joaquin and Eastern Coachella valleys.



The Fresno Bee

• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Reporter

  • Mar 2016 - Nov 2020

  Covered news from breaking news to environment, courts, crime and general assignment. Covered news from breaking news to environment, courts, crime and general assignment.



CalMatters

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• California Divide Reporter

  • Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  As a reporter at The Fresno Bee, I assisted in covering income inequality in the San Joaquin Valley for The California Divide media collaborative lead by CalMatters. The multi-newsroom effort highlighted stories throughout California that showed the income inequality problems and solutions that exist in different regions. As a reporter at The Fresno Bee, I assisted in covering income inequality in the San Joaquin Valley for The California Divide media collaborative lead by CalMatters. The multi-newsroom effort highlighted stories throughout California that showed the income inequality problems and solutions that exist in different regions.



The Collegian, Fresno State

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editor In Chief

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2018



NPR Next Generation Radio

• Sacramento, California, United States

• Next Gen Fellow

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  Produced a non-narrated radio segment around a Sacramento community in the wake of a police shooting. From storyboarding, to searching for sources, interviewing, editing and writing, the multimedia piece came together over the course of a week in an intensive weeklong training of radio reporting. Produced a non-narrated radio segment around a Sacramento community in the wake of a police shooting. From storyboarding, to searching for sources, interviewing, editing and writing, the multimedia piece came together over the course of a week in an intensive weeklong training of radio reporting.



Fresno City College Rampage

• Editor-in-Chief

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2016



Multi

• Fresno City College

• Multimedia Editor/Online Manager

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014



Fresno City College

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multimedia Journalist

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014



California Teaching Fellows Foundation

• Fresno Unified School District

• Tutor

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  The Pull-Out Program. Where I tutor those students who are struggling in a certain subject and help them get at the Proficient level in Tests. The Pull-Out Program. Where I tutor those students who are struggling in a certain subject and help them get at the Proficient level in Tests.



Success Valley Productions

• Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013