Bio
Credentials
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Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
CourseraAug, 2020- Apr, 2026
Experience
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ServiceNow
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Deputy Editor
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Jul 2021 - Present
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Freelance Writer
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2004 - 2021
Journalism & Corporate Clients: Andreessen Horowitz, BBDO, Berkeleyside.com, BusinessWeek.com, BW Chicago, Chicago Magazine, Crain’s Chicago Business, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Fast Company’s “The Future of Work” blog, IBM, Monocle, New York Daily News, New York Magazine, OnEarth Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Samsung, StoryTK Studio, TED conference, Wired Magazine.
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Oakland Technical High School
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Oakland, CA
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11th Grade honors U.S. History & English high school teacher
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Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
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Oakland, CA
I am a high school English & history teacher in Oakland Tech High School's Paideia honors program, focusing on teaching U.S. history and American lit to juniors. This is my third year teaching English and my first teaching history. So far, I love it! Go Bulldogs!
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Oakland Unity High School
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San Francisco Bay Area
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10th Grade English Teacher
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Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
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San Francisco Bay Area
Sophomore English teacher focused on Common Core standards via rhetoric and argumentative writing, critical analysis, literature (short stories, novels, and poetry), informational texts, essay writing, and Socratic seminars. Designed course, unit, and daily lesson plans and responsible for vertical alignment with other grade levels. Led school’s writing center attended by students from all grade levels.
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IBM
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Copywriter and researcher
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2012 - 2014
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San Francisco Bay Area
After working on IBM's 100th anniversary, was hired by company to work on IBM-branded social media and iPad-tailored websites that explored the impact of Big Data, predictive analytics, mobile computing, and social media on the future of business. In role, interviewed global corporate leaders and wrote content shared with top, C-level executives.
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Stone Yamashita Partners
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Copywriter and researcher
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2010 - 2012
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San Francisco Bay Area
Curated and generated content for multimedia exhibit (exhibited at Lincoln Center) commemorating IBM’s 100th anniversary. Interviewed sources, led research and conducted writing, editing, and copyediting for "Making the World Work Better" book, which received gold medal from Axiom Business Book Awards. Collaborated with IBM's advertising, design, and production agencies and corporate archives, research, and global staff. Exhibit received top awards from Industrial Designers Society of America, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, and the Art Directors Club. It was added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and at Disney’s Epcot Center. iPad app selected as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple and downloaded 275,000 times in 2012.
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Content Manager/ Associate Editor
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2008 - 2010
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Chicago
Led nuclear energy beat for globally recognized science and arms control journal, which created and maintains the world-famous Doomsday Clock. Generated story ideas, managed relationships with expert authors, and edited articles for online and print publication.
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Wired Magazine
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Contributing Editor/Asst. Research Editor
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2000 - 2005
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San Francisco Bay Area
Conceived, pitched, and wrote short- and long-form features for award-winning monthly magazine. Conceptualized, researched and wrote recurring monthly “Obsessed” page on geeks, their toys and hobbies. Responsible for research, supplemental reporting and fact checking of articles and content throughout publication. Edited letters to the editor page (Rants & Raves).
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Master's degree, Journalism -
Kenyon College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS -
2015 - 2016Mills College
Single-Subject English Teaching Credential (from Mills's School of Education), Secondary Education and Teaching
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