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EXPERIENCE
Senior Account Executive | Saxum
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 2018
Handle media relations (national outreach), writing, crisis communications and issues development and digital
content strategy for social good and issues team at Oklahoma-City based integrated public relations firm
Main client served is the George Kaiser Family Foundation, a supporting organization of the Tulsa Community
Foundation, one of the largest philanthropies in the U.S.
Communications consultant
Remote | 2015 to 2018
Planned, developed, crafted and edited press releases about Sapulpa, Oklahoma-based Heart of Route 66
Auto Museum, earning coverage in The Associated Press, USA Today, Oklahoma-based TV stations and
newspapers
Planned, developed, crafted and edited press releases for New York City-based Scientific Innovations, a
network of small startups
Freelance journalist
Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, USA | 2014 to present
Focus on travel, health, women’s issues, indigenous issues and breaking news from the U.S. and Southeast
Asia
Pitch, report and write stories for clients including The Associated Press, NBC News, Al Jazeera America, Ms.
Magazine, Indian Country Today Media Network, Travel Weekly and other international and national media
outlets
SKILLS
AP style; copy editing; editing audio; LexisNexis; social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,
WordPress); Photoshop and InDesign; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; Google search, Mail
Chimp
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass
Communication at Arizona State University, May 2008
Photography and Italian language courses, American Institute for Foreign Study in Rome, Italy, Spring 2008
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Month-long reporting project in India through the International Reporting Project, 2017
UNICEF Communication Officer/United Nations Volunteer in Indonesia, 2016
Spanish study in Guatemala, 2015
Volunteer communications & fundraising officer at the Cambodian Women’s Development Agency in
Cambodia, 2015
Freelance travel and news writing in Thailand, Myanmar, Guatemala, Portugal, Greece, Antigua, 2009 to
present
Living and working on Saipan with frequent travel to Asia and throughout the Pacific Rim, 2008 to 2009
Study abroad in Italy and travel throughout Western Europe, 2008
Semester reporting class with frequent trips to Mexico, 2007