Resume

Education

Professional Certificate in Full-Stack Development

MIT/Emeritis

2020

2021

GPA:

N/A

Through this intensive ten-month program, I learned development through the MERN stack and landed my first development job at Social Driver.

There's an MIT shirt behind the ice cream

M.A. in Journalism & Public Affairs

American University

2019

2020

GPA:

3.76

In my M.A. program at AU, I focused on broadcast journalism. My capstone was a short documentary on the involuntarily celibate (or "incel") subculture.

My first trip to the Newseum (RIP)

Work experience

Communications Intern

National LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Drafted NGLCC correspondence for social media

Created graphics, videos, and blog posts for web

Post-work pizza during my first stint in DC

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Brushing Art & Literary Journal

Oversaw production process from announcing the call for submissions to publishing the journal

Distributed work amongst team of readers, editors, and designers

Posing with the Brushing 2018 crew

Back Issue Specialist

Coliseum of Comics

Appraised, purchased, and priced comic books from 1940s to modern day

Assisted in inventory of collection of nearly 500,000 comic books

Goofing off in the back issues.

Achievements

October 2019

European Union

Attended the annual European Union Press Visit in Brussels with top U.S. journalism graduate students

I attended several classes on the EU in Belgium and covered the official Brexit announcement.

April 2020

Dear World

Received a microgrant from #dearworld to photograph life during COVID-19

I received a microgrant from Dear World to photograph life during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 2020

EMILY'S List

Member of the inaugural class of EMILY’S List Ignite Change Fellowship

The Ignite Change Fellowship is a nine-week virtual initiative to train women and non-binary community leaders and advocates to prepare them for a future run for office.

July 2022

Capital Fringe

Premiered solo stand-up performance “Atemporal” about experience being misdiagnosed with epilepsy

"Atemporal" received a 4.5-star review from DC Theatre Arts and was labeled a "Best of Fringe" show.

May 2022

Story District

Performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as part of Story District’s 2022 Out/Spoken showcase

I performed a short piece about my wife and I fighting for the sanctity of the nondiscrimination policy at Rollins College in 2018.

Summer 2022

DC Theater Arts

Best of Fringe

For solo show “Atemporal”

April 2023

TransTech

Presented “How to Speak Client: How to Explain What You Did to Fix That Bug” at TransTech Summit 2023

At the TransTech Summit 2023, I discussed the challenges of keeping project managers in the loop, avoiding constant status update requests, and keeping clients happy.

Awards & honors

Received the Engendered Spirit Award

Trans Pride DC kindly presented me with a 2024 Engendered Spirit Award for my contributions to the local transgender community.

May 2024

Google Conference Scholarship

For leadership in tech; received airfare to the 2022 Lesbians Who Tech Conference

Fall 2022

Lesbians Who Tech San Francisco Summit Scholarship

For leadership in diversity and inclusion efforts in tech

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Fall 2022

American Atheists’ O’Hair Scholarship

For campus activism against violations of the separation of church and state

Fall 2019

Fiat Lux Award

Awarded for making positive contributions to the Rollins community over the course of my college career.

Spring 2018

Barbara Lawrence Alfond Award

Awarded for enriching the English classroom through lively academic exchange.

Spring 2018

Theater Scholar Award

Awarded for intellectual curiosity and expressiveness of writing in the dramatic field.

Spring 2018

William Abbott Constable

Awarded for outstanding writing by first-year, sophomores, and juniors majoring in English.

Spring 2016

Skills

Webflow

Adobe Creative Suite

PHP

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

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