EXPERIENCE

Snake River Animal Shelter, Idaho Falls, ID (2009-present)
Executive Director
• I am responsible for raising 2.5 million dollars to build an animal shelter that will serve all of eastern Idaho.
• We raised $500,000 in 5 months.

KIDK Channel 3 Eyewitness News, Idaho Falls, ID (2005 – 2009)
Anchor • Reporter
• Anchor the 5, 6 and 10pm news casts
• I gathered information, analyzed and interpreted events and issues, wrote stories in a creative, concise manner.
• As a reporter, cover daily news, daily live shots; the investigative reporter. I did a weekly feature segment called I Witness Idaho.
• Represent KIDK in the community as a member of Board of Directors for Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Idaho and Snake River Animal Shelter. I also represented the station at various community events and speaking engagements.

KAET TV, Tempe, AZ (2002-2005)
Intern • Producer
• Produced, wrote and edited stories for Horizon, a daily news and public affairs program, and its Hispanic counterpart, Horizonte.
• Created show format and generated show ideas for The Professors, a news and research affairs pilot for PBS in market 12.
• As an intern/line producer, timed out the show and called cues to host, chose open shots, promo shots and trained student workers.

ITN (Independent Television Network), Washington, D.C. Bureau. (2004-2005)
Intern • Assistant Producer
• Assisted 5 teams of producers and reporters
• Pitched story ideas
• Collected video
• Selected sound-bites
• Researched stories during the 2004 Presidential election.
Morenci Schools, Morenci, AZ
English Teacher and Coach:
• Taught Freshman English, video and television production, and drama. Coached softball and tennis.
• Editor system wide school newsletter
• Put a TV studio in the school and produced a live news cast every morning.

Maiden High School, Maiden, NC
English Teacher and Coach:
• Taught AP Senior English, Honors Junior English and all levels sophomores, journalism, drama, news media, and public speaking.
• Coached boys' and girls' tennis.
• Miss Maiden Pageant Director

EDUCATION

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Masters degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with an emphasis in Broadcast

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Chapel Hill, NC) BA-English
 
EXCELLENCE

AWARDS:
• Best Newscast, Idaho Press Club - for our 6pm newscast.
• 1st Place Investigative Report Society of Professional Journalist (2007).
• 1st Place - 3rd place Idaho Press Club, Hard Feature Report (2006).
• The Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2005).
• Society Professional Journalists Excellence in Producing Award (2002).
• 2nd place Best Feature Story (2003)
• NATAS Scholarship (2004)
• Radio Television News Director's Association.
• Raised over $5,000 and ran the Honolulu Marathon (26.2 miles) for Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Organized fundraisers such as: antique car show, concert, motorcycle rallies, raffles and silent auctions. (1999)
• Nominated for Teacher of the Year four times
• Travel: Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, British West Indies, France, England, and Ireland
• Languages: English, Spanish and Arabic
• Special Areas of Study: Arab and Islamic culture, Revolutions in Central and South America, Foreign Press, and Political Science. Wrote my master’s thesis on the British coverage of the 2004 presidential election.