INTERESTS
Latin American affairs, Multimedia Journalism, International Studies, Immigration, Latino Education Policy, Censorship in Latin America.
SKILLS
Languages: Fluent and native speaker in English & Spanish
Writing and Multimedia: Experience with Adobe Photoshop,
Html, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Flash, Wordpress, Dream Weaver Indesign,
Livestream, Ustream, Flipcam. News, Feature, Editorial and AP style writing
in both languages. Experience with Photoshop, Html, Final Cut Pro,
Dream Weaver and Indesign.
Cultural Awareness and Travel: Traveled to more than 25 countries.
Currently have a citizenship and passport to 3 nations.
(Venezuelan, Spain, United States).
EXPERIENCE
News Production
Intern Univision
August 2011-December 2011
Fellow
NBC News - Washington Bureau
May 2011 – June 2011
Chosen as NAHJ/NBC fellow served as weekend field producer for Nighty News website and on the weekend assignment desk covering both national and local stories including the Dalai Lama’s “Talk on World Peace” and discussion by former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the state of U.S.-Pakistan relations. Edited and published web pieces using AVID and pitched story ideas. Logged and verbated interviews at the Capitol such as the first-ever US Senate hearing on the Dream Act. Shadowed producers and reporters in the field, newsrooms and control room.
Fellow
National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI)
May 2011 – May 2011 (1 month) Israel
Selected to attend leadership conference in Washington D.C. and Israel alongside 22 other college students to bolster relationships between the Latino and Jewish community. Participated in panels and briefs with politicians, humanitarians, journalists and professors throughout Israel. Traveled to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the West Bank, Masada, Sea of Galilee and Sderot. Created multimedia project "Beyond the Conflict" series for blog that chronicles everyday topics in Israel.
Multimedia Department and Strategic Communications Intern
Organization of American States
January 2011 – Present (5 months)
Edited and organized content for weekly show PC Minute, produced live webcasts, edited video and audio of events hosted at the OAS and meetings of the Permanent Council, helped create new Media Center and worked on video projects on the Inter-American Democratic Charter for an international audience in more than 35 countries.
Communications Intern
Washington Office on Latin America
January 2011 – Present (5 months)
Helped with news releases quoted in CNN International, BBC and Washington Post. Helped in video project on The Human Face of Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America and in setup of the broadcast of live webcast of events. Tracked the coverage of Latin American stories by US media groups. Attended hearings at the Capitol and Latin American events hosted at the Wilson Center.
Editorial Intern
Hispanic Link News Service
January 2011 – Present (5 months)
Reported local and national stories concerning the wider Hispanic Community. Covered Capitol Hill, White House events, immigration, educational and health
issues. Produced long-term project regarding the diaspora of Latino communities to the United States. Coverage included President Obama's trip to Latin America, Mexican President Felipe Calderon's visit to Washington, Immigration legislation among others.
Editor, Founder
La Voz Venezolana
August 2010 – Present (10 months)
La Voz Venezolana is a project that hopes to capture the real voices of the Venezuelan youth as they describe the realities of their country from an uncensored perspective. In the last 10 years, Venezuela has undergone an unparalleled transformation under a dictatorial government that has stripped the nation’s fundamental freedoms of expression. Through this blog, the voices of the Venezuelan youth escape the nation’s censorship. Each blogger describes and portrays their own Venezuelan reality. Follow these four Venezuelan bloggers and become part of their stories.
Media Policy
Plan Pais 2011, Yale University
April 2011 – April 2011 (1 month)
Participated in committee room regarding the politicised media in Venezuela. Collaboratively helped create a diagnostic for the media environment in the country and outlined policy solutions.
Reporter
Latinitas
October 2010 – December 2010 (3 months)
Wrote articles for nonprofit, bilingual webzine focused on informing, entertaining, and inspiring young Latinas.
Student Associate
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
August 2010 – December 2010 (5 months)
Spearheaded research projects alongside professors at the institute which included quantifying data on education policies in the region, worked in program development organizing panels and conferences that gathered diplomats, journalists and dignitaries from the region, helped with social media efforts to expand the institute’s online presence, and created multiple multimedia packages for a research project regarding primary education effectiveness and retention in Latin America.
Social Media Intern
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
February 2010 – December 2010 (11 months)
Translated articles and led social media initiatives for trilingual blog that promotes democracy through online journalism training in Latin America and is visited by scholars from around the world.
Multimedia Journalist
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) LatinoReporter.org
June 2010 – June 2010 (1 month)
Selected out of Hispanic journalism students from around the nation to participate in a training internship and to write and publish multimedia packages.
Reporter and Web Designer
Texas Diversity Online Magazine
September 2009 – May 2010 (9 months)
Administered and helped design Web Site, wrote and edited articles regarding minority business issues, led projects aimed at
diversity.
Writer, Collaborative Creator
In Cite Web Publication
August 2008 – December 2008 (5 months)
Wrote an in-depth piece about immigration with regards to the Dream Act that was published in national news service Hispanic Link, based in Washington D.C.
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin
Latin American Studies Honors, Journalism, Latino Media Studies,
Multimedia Journalism, International Studies, Government
2008 – 2012 (expected)
GPA: 3.9/4.0
Activities and Societies: Bill Archer Fellowship Fellow Spring 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Society 2011 Vice-President Longhorn League of United Latin American Citizens Vice-President UT Chapter National Association of Hispanic Journalists Spanish Editor of Student Journal of Latin American Studies