Experience

ReThink Media

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Penguin Random House

• United States
• Book Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Book Author

  • May 2019 - Nov 2022



Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver

• Denver, Colorado, United States

• Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative's annual Summer Institute

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

  The Institute brings women-identified activists working on the frontlines to promote peace, justice, and human rights around the world to Colorado to receive advanced training in waging successful nonviolent movements for social change. The Institute brings women-identified activists working on the frontlines to promote peace, justice, and human rights around the world to Colorado to receive advanced training in waging successful nonviolent movements for social change.



Quartz

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Atlantic Media fellow

  • Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Reported original stories on wide variety of issues, including publications on LGBTQ Middle Eastern refugees in the US, queerness in the American Muslim community, and the US response to the war crimes documented in Syria. Reported original stories on wide variety of issues, including publications on LGBTQ Middle Eastern refugees in the US, queerness in the American Muslim community, and the US response to the war crimes documented in Syria.



New America

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Carnegie Fellow

  • Nov 2014 - Jan 2015

  Awarded three-month fellowship to investigate the rise of local public support for armed groups in Syria, including Al-Qaeda. Awarded three-month fellowship to investigate the rise of local public support for armed groups in Syria, including Al-Qaeda.



Magnum Foundation

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Human Rights fellow.

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Awarded Human Rights and photography Fellowship at the Department of Photography & Imaging of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, led by Professor Fred Ritchin and Susan Meiselas, Magnum photographer and President of Magnum Foundation. Awarded Human Rights and photography Fellowship at the Department of Photography & Imaging of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, led by Professor Fred Ritchin and Susan Meiselas, Magnum photographer and President of Magnum Foundation.



Reuters

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Photographer

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014

  Reported from across the Syrian frontlines, including battles between Syrian government forces and armed opposition groups in Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama. Photos published in a number of international news outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time Magazine Reported from across the Syrian frontlines, including battles between Syrian government forces and armed opposition groups in Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama. Photos published in a number of international news outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time Magazine



ARK

• United Arab Emirates
• Strategic Management Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Employer

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2013

  Worked at their International donor-funded media project to support Syrian activists in documenting and narrating the ongoing conflict and its toll on Syrian citizens across the country. Organized and ran workshops for local media activists, including trainings held in opposition-controlled areas. Worked at their International donor-funded media project to support Syrian activists in documenting and narrating the ongoing conflict and its toll on Syrian citizens across the country. Organized and ran workshops for local media activists, including trainings held in opposition-controlled areas.