MY WORK BIO
A glimpse of the opportunities that have nurtured my professional growth
PROFESSOR
May 2022 - Present
Courses offered:
- Audiences & Interactive Design - Internet Copywriting - Audiovisual Narratives
DIGITAL REPORTER
Radio Isla 1320 AM
August 2020 - Present
Web reporter, social media coordinator, podcast producer, and multimedia journalist. Relevant news coverages include:
-Puerto Rico's 2020 primaries
-Puerto Rico and USA's 2020 General Elections
-Governor Pedro Pierluisi's inauguration
-US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021
SPANISH MULTIMEDIA INTERN
NASA
June 2020 - December 2020
At Kennedy Space Center, duties include supporting launch activities and social media events; use of a variety of communication methods to prepare fact sheets, news releases, and social media posts; providing support in drafting responses for media inquiries and creating graphic designs; establishing and maintaining connections with media members; evaluating impact and effectiveness of communication plans and advising management on communication efforts. Other duties include leading and collaborating with fellow interns on the creation of interactive virtual presence for NASA Days, EPSCoR, and other projects alongside NASA's Office of STEM Engagement.​
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At Goddard Space Flight Center, I collaborate on sophisticated communications campaigns as they create content in Spanish: videos, web features, newsletter articles, press conferences, media interviews, social media posts and streams, video news releases, and other media products. The Spanish-language communications interns help NASA refine their strategy to reach Spanish-speaking communities and media outlets in the US and beyond.
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
GFR Media Group
June 2019 - May 2020
Responsible for the management of social network accounts of 17 SMB's, developing and implementation of creative strategies, creation of content calendars, creating and programming approved content, monitoring pages, developing+optimizing+monitoring of advertising campaigns, and working on performance and results analysis reports.
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SPANISH MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
CNN en Español
January 2018 - July 2018
Scriptwriter for Café CNN (CNNE's four-hour morning show), Realidades en Contexto, Portafolio Global, Encuentro, Panorama Mundial, and Perspectivas: Buenos Aires.
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As an intern, my duties included writing 15/30/60 seconds-long pieces for CNN en Español's morning show, Café CNN; performing as an Associate Producer for Café CNN and CNN Dinero (two of CNN en Español’s main shows); the translation of English content and articles to Spanish for CNN en Español's web page, all of which was assigned by a Digital Producer; writing scripts for radio capsules that would be distributed to CNN en Español’s radio affiliates all over Latin America; operating the teleprompter during the taping of Nuestro Mundo, a half-hour television show about important cultural events from all over the world transmitted every Sunday; assisting the Segment Producers in the creation of packages and other content for web and television; and assisting in the process of newsgathering all News Desk Journalists, or those who are in charge of detecting and monitoring any breaking news and/or confirming a story with national correspondents and other sources. During the internship, courses were provided for software used for duties mentioned above: iNews for scriptwriting; chat interface Slack for internal and immediate communications; Wordpress for publishing translated content; CNN Images and Getty Images for stock images; and NewsApps for video footage.
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón campus
August 2014 - May 2017
Producer for COMU Live and scriptwriter for radio programs Sección Abierta, Dangerúx, Cineries and Red Inter Noticias, radio shows transmitted through online radio station Inter Radio Web.
Also crew member of social media coverages for the following events: Interuniversity Athletic Competitions (2014), an annual athletic competition between every college in Puerto Rico.Â
Overseas Press Club annual cocktail and gala (2015 and 2016), annual journalistic award ceremonies.
La Campechada (2016), an annual festival organized by Puerto Rico’s Cultural Institute.
Virtual Educa (2016), a week-long education-focused congress organized alongside Puerto Rico’s Department of Education.
The 2016 Elections, a collaboration lead by national radio station, Radio Isla 1320 AM.
CONTENT PRODUCER
Espacios Abiertos
August 2017 - January 2018
Aided the Chief of Operations and the Communications Director in their duties; assisting in the running of the office activities; the creation of a daily news brief, or a summary of the day’s most important news; created a master database of all the supplies given out through the Puerto Rico Recovery Fund after hurricane MarÃa’s passing over Puerto Rico; and creating visual content of several events of social awareness organized by the organization.
PRACTITIONER
Latin Media House
July 2016 - December 2016
Responsibilities included coordinating and conducting interviews for social awareness project Re-Start Puerto Rico, where people would talk about how they strive to positively impact their community every day; managed Re-Start Puerto Rico’s social media platforms; created statistic reports about content reach and impact; assisted the Marketing Director in coordinating and planning of events; wrote articles for the digital versions of Caribbean Business and Caribbean Business in Español; translated articles for Caribbean Business en Español.
SUMMER INTERN
Telemundo
June 2014 - July 2014
Worked as a social media coordinator in Telemundo's 5:55 pm show, "Dando Candela".