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RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE

Communications Intern | The Hispanic Alliance

Summer 2016, Greenville, SC, USA

  • Wrote and designed monthly newsletters for the Hispanic Alliance network

  • Blogged on immigration reform

  • Updated a bilingual resource guide of services in South Carolina for the Hispanic Community

  • Created a Spanish "Common Q&A" brochure on health insurance and Medicare/Medicaid

  • Edited the Hispanic Alliance's websites and designed materials for Hispanic Heritage Month events

Engagement Team Assistant | ASH Scotland

Spring 2016, Edinburgh, UK

  • Reported news on tobacco-related policy and research via ASH Scotland’s blogs

  • Recruited signatories for Scotland’s Charter for a Tobacco-free Generation

  • Produced infographics, e-cards, and other educational materials

  • Gathered articles for a March 2016 Charter e-newsletter

  • Attended workshops and contributed to regular staff meetings

  • Served as a recorder for the 3rd Scottish Summit on Smoking and Mental Health

Contributor | Community Journals

Summer 2015, Greenville, SC, USA

  • Wrote weekly news, community, culture, and cover stories for the Greenville Journal

  • Edited press releases of local events featured as briefs in the Greenvile Journal and Upstate Business Journal

  • Proofread stories from other Greenville Journal and Upstate Business Journal staff members prior to publication

  • Participated in weekly staff meetings and generated story ideas

Cartoonist | King's Witness, LLC

Summer 2015, Greenville, SC, USA

  • Animated a stuffed bear and wrote cartoon story lines for the company’s Bear Witness campaign

  • Brainstormed cross-branding of Bear Witness with other missionary organizations

Health Journalism, B.A. | Furman University

2013 - 2017, Greenville, SC, USA

  • Summa Cum Laude 

  • Dean’s List for academic achievement all eligible semesters

  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

EDUCATION
SKILLS

  • Professional usage of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), Adobe Acrobat Pro, and social media

  • Creative experience with Adobe Creative Suite programs (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)

  • Web design using Squarespace and WiX platforms

  • Statistical analysis via R Studio

  • Spanish language proficiency

ACTIVITIES

  • Member of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW)

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

  • NASW Student Fellow who reported on the 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, Feb. 16-20

  • ​Finalist for the Franklin Shirley Award for Top Paper at the 2017 Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference in Greenville, SC, April 5-9

  • Certified Peer Educator by the BACCHUS Initiatives of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)

  • Institutional Review Board (IRB)-certified by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Courses:

  • Foundations of Biology

  • Environmental Science

  • General Psychology

  • Wellness Concepts

  • Intoduction to Economics

  • Genetics

  • Research and Analysis (Biology)

  • Human Physiology

  • Fundamentals of Nutrition

  • Biology of Disease

  • Physiology of the Environment

  • Researched and wrote articles on major health issues involving iron disorders

  • Renovated the organization’s journal, idInsight, for medical professionals

  • Promoted awareness of iron disorders through the publication of a monthly online newsletter

  • Edited and designed content for IDI’s websites

Editorial Assistant | Iron Disorders Institute

2013 - present, Greenville, SC, USA

Communications Intern | European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)

June - December 2017, ELIXIR Hub, Cambridge, UK

  • Conducted research on communication strategies used to inform scientists on new bioinformatics technology

  • Wrote news releases and designed communication materials

  • Developed recommendations for how to collect and evaluate communications metrics

  • Developmental Biology

  • History of Western Medicine

  • Fundamentals of Public Health

  • Global Public Health

  • Independent Study (Health Sciences)

  • Digital Communications

  • Broadcast Communications

  • Communication Ethics

  • Rhetoric in the Modern World

  • Directed Internship (Communication Studies)

  • Journalism Principles and Practice

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