Staff Writer/Editor at Pomona College
Greater Los Angeles Area
Staff Writer/Editor at Pomona College
Greater Los Angeles Area
My writing and editing experience is extensive: from journalism to fiction to media relations and higher education publications. I am creative and always on deadline.
Writing
Editing
Media Relations
Interviewing
Creative projects
Teaching creative writing
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Write and edit motivational communication regarding total wellness -- targeting business executives.
(Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Write press releases and articles for publication.
(Writing and Editing industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)
Instructed senior and junior high students twice weekly in creative writing and composition techniques.
(Writing and Editing industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
(Newspapers industry)
May 1999 — September 1999 (5 months)
Reported and wrote front-page and feature stories. Contributed briefs; assisted other reporters with research and interviews; copy-edited. Trained in reporting and writing techniques.
(Privately Held; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)
Researched and strategized for company development. Wrote and edited marketing presentations and reports; maintained corporate relations with national companies including Silicon Graphics, Cisco Systems and Nike.
M.A. , Professional (Creative) Writing , 2002 — 2005
The degree is called "professional writing," but it's used in the old world sense -- writing creatively across genres. I concentrated on fiction.
B.A. , African American History , 1996 — 2000
Singing, reading, cycling, fitness, travel in Asia, Europe, Central America, Africa and the Middle East.
USC Master of Professional Writing Alumni Association Board of Directors—Secretary,
Pomona College Committee on Social Responsibility,
Amnesty International,
The ONE Campaign,
Save Darfur Campaign
USC Master of Professional Writing Departmental Honor, 2005.
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs: Intro AWP Nonfiction Winner, 2002.
“Agnes Jackson Senior Thesis Award,” The Claremont Colleges Department of Black Studies, 2000.
Scripps Humanities Institute Fellow, 1997 and 1998.
Phi Alpha Theta, National Historical Honors Society, 1997.