Film and Television
Was accepted into Columbia College Chicago with the merit-based Graduate Award and subsequently awarded the 2020 Summer Intership Award and the Dwight W. Follett Fellowship
Began working as a Production Assistant on one of NBC’s top shows, “Chicago P.D.”, and a Research and Archival Intern during her first semester of graduate school
Was named a finalist in a regional pitch competition
Leveraged her network and experience into roles as Production Manager, Line Producer, and Creative Development Intern the summer after her first year
Journalism and Social Media Management
Managed social media pages with as many as 900,000 followers
Graduated from Florida A&M Multimedia Short Course, a rigorous program sponsored by the National Association of Black Journalists, and was a recipient of the Chips Quinn Scholarship by the Freedom Forum Institute
Covered the 2016 presidential election, rounding out poll results and statistics with multimedia pieces about visually impaired voters, an enthusiastic Trump supporter and the complexities of casting a vote in the Haitian-American community
Drove an initiative that resulted in a 200 percent increase in page views in one year
Initiated a digital focus on younger audiences with “From the Mouths of Millennials,” a multi-part newsroom-wide presentation with extensive research about millennials’ media trends and best practices for effective social media engagement
Broke the story about a mass shooting involving teenager at a nightclub
Proposed expanded coverage of the LGBT community, then spent weeks interviewing transgender advocates, religious leaders and loved ones of a couple rethinking their decades-long marriage after a spouse came out as a transgender woman
Directed, edited and starred in a three-part video project exploring an iconic food institution