Program Operations Manager

• Apr 2023 - Present

Network Strategy Manager

• Nov 2021 - Apr 2023

This cross-functional role allows me to:• Play a critical role by working across teams to support the stewarding and synthesizing needed to embed and incorporate a systems-change mindset and approach across the organization • Guide organizational culture change through systems mapping and design thinking• Expertly facilitate internal working groups to define the organizational strategy by discovering and implementing new initiatives• Manage cross-functional projects as requested by the CEO, the Chief of Programs, and the Communications Director • Facilitate equity-forward training for the entire staff and collaborate with the People and Culture team to ensure staff are accessing professional development opportunities• Create a psychological safety net to develop a culture of disciplined experimentation by modeling empathetic leadership• Activate myself and my colleagues to equity-forward decision-making, moving beyond a foundational understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion Show less

Texas Regional Manager

• Feb 2020 - Nov 2021

• Identified the Texas media ecosystem as a necessity for the spread of solutions journalism and proposed this role to the organization, becoming the first to hold this position• Organized and co-hosted Renewing Democracy: A New Road Map for Texas Politics in collaboration with the University of Texas-Austin and the Texas Tribune• Strategized to recruit Texas newsrooms to produce solutions journalism, with a focus on building relationships with BIPOC newsrooms• Supported newsrooms through the process of applying for grant funding and producing their grant deliverables • Operationalized a methodology of training and mentorship to give reporters and editors positive outcomes for achieving behavior change in their newsrooms• Built collaborations in hyper-local regions Show less

Adjunct Lecturer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Currently teaching Media, Power and Culture, and Writing for Media Currently teaching Media, Power and Culture, and Writing for Media

Senior Lecturer

• Aug 2013 - Jul 2021

• Taught upper-level journalism courses, including the program’s capstone course which requires students to produce one in-depth multimedia story package • Mentored student journalists through story development, production, and publishing • Developed and designed curriculum for new courses I proposed to the journalism school leadership • Co-collaborator for the Global News Relay – a day-long international news production of stories on one topic involving up to 17 universities • Built publishing partnerships with local and regional news outlets • Recruited and embedded students with service-oriented health professions study abroad programs in Nicaragua and Guyana • Developed community engagement projects, including co-creating an illustrated children’s book which was printed and distributed to children in Nicaragua, and hosting a community art event featuring student's work at a local museum Show less

Fulbright Scholar

• Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

• Taught solutions journalism to upperclassmen at Mt. Carmel College • Invited as a guest lecturer and collaborator with the U.S. Department of State for journalism workshops in Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, and in numerous cities in India • Co-created the city’s first journalist meet-up and co-hosted several events • Taught solutions journalism to upperclassmen at Mt. Carmel College • Invited as a guest lecturer and collaborator with the U.S. Department of State for journalism workshops in Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, and in numerous cities in India • Co-created the city’s first journalist meet-up and co-hosted several events

Director of Journalism School Engagement

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

• Identified journalism schools as a mode of scaling the dissemination of solutions journalism knowledge and proposed this role to the organization, becoming the first to hold this position • Developed a strategy to bring j-schools into SJN’s network through relationship-building and on-site faculty and student training • Built partnerships with universities, and consulted with professors to develop solutions journalism curriculum • Managed the development of SJN’s first training manual for j-school educators • Laid the structural foundation for this role to evolve to where it is today, hosting in-person educator academies for professors with an emphasis on those from historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions Show less

Founder and CEO

• Nov 2012 - Aug 2016

• Created a platform for solutions journalism-focused stories, becoming one of the first 501-C3 news organizations to focus on solutions journalism • Built a robust internship program at Texas State University • Established publishing partnerships with mainstream media outlets including the Austin American-Statesman, Latina Lista, and KUT radio • Created a platform for solutions journalism-focused stories, becoming one of the first 501-C3 news organizations to focus on solutions journalism • Built a robust internship program at Texas State University • Established publishing partnerships with mainstream media outlets including the Austin American-Statesman, Latina Lista, and KUT radio

Online Content Producer

• Apr 2013 - Apr 2014

• Built online elements of the publication’s digital products • Managed breaking news online • Built online elements of the publication’s digital products • Managed breaking news online

City Editor

• Jul 2010 - Feb 2013

I was the city editor for the Killeen Daily Herald. I was the city editor for the Killeen Daily Herald.

Bureau Chief

• Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

I managed the operation of the newsroom and production of the daily newspaper in addition to covering several beats. I managed the operation of the newsroom and production of the daily newspaper in addition to covering several beats.

Reporter

• Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

I covered city government, education, crime and courts, health care and politics. I covered city government, education, crime and courts, health care and politics.