Multimedia journalist with a B.S. in Journalism, minors in publishing and photography, graduated Cum Laude from Emerson College, as a Purple Key Leadership Society Recipient.
I am a multimedia journalist who has worked across a variety of mediums and reported on several different beats, including music, immigration, domestic and international politics. Much of my other work is focused on the experience of growing up in a multiethnic and interfaith family, and the importance of diverse representation in newsrooms and entertainment.
I pride myself in being a strong interviewer. I spoke with both 2021 Boston mayoral candidates (Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George) for my Emerson journalism senior capstone, as well as the Director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, who conduct research into female led political campaigns.
On the entertainment beat, I’ve interviewed Madison Cunningham for the Boston Globe, where we spoke on how her songwriting helped her process the grief that comes with losing a family member. I went on to interview Coral Moons also for The Boston Globe, where I spoke to lead singer Carly Kraft about breaking into the music industry as a woman in her mid-20s, and the stigma of having a day job while also pursuing a music career. For my first post-grad job as an Associate Editorial Reporter for What’s Trending, I’ve interviewed TikTok creator turned musician Chrissy Chlapecka about the intersectional feminism at the heart of her music, Annie DiRusso about the art of confessional songwriting, and Declan McKenna about his creative process of crafting contemporary protest songs.
During my college years, I also served as Managing Editor of the Berkeley Beacon, Emerson’s student run newspaper. As a Puerto Rican-Jewish student, I did my best to screen several articles for diverse sources and sensitivity. I was a part of assembling a panel of BIPOC professional journalists to screen our content, several of whom worked for The Boston Globe and other local news outlets.
On the multimedia end, I worked as the International Correspondent, Political Correspondent, and eventually Lead Anchor and Host of Emerson’s nightly and morning news broadcasts. Many of the stories I chose to cover encompassed a wide variety of topics, from international politics to local news. I also took the initiative to learn to pronounce every international political figures’ name in the proper accent of their native language while reporting on the international beat.
My own diverse background, while not a bias, does create a unique perspective and sensitivity that is rare in contemporary journalism. Within music, I often seek to cover female-led rock bands and young women artists. The tabloid media of the early 2000s had a tendency to villanize young women, and through my work, I aim to take their work in under the same professional critical lens as I take older or male artists.
My goal is to produce diverse, ethical, and authentic journalism, whether through a print or multimedia lens. I grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey, but relocated to Franklin, Tennessee just before beginning my studies at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. I am now based in Los Angeles, California for my current position. You can find my resumé below.
