News & Press

Currant Jam’s fifth issue is out, featuring my piece about Kiarash Dadgar’s short film, The Steak.

I returned to USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on an alumni panel for ASCJ 200: Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age to discuss the many career pathways in media that intersect with journalism, communications, publicity, and more!

I was promoted to the Associate Content Director of the newly-named Department of Media and Content at Center Theatre Group! In addition to overseeing our editorial content and program materials, I will produce and create more video, social media, and other multimedia content campaigns in collaboration with the many different departments at CTG.

I led a session about Communications at the Center Theatre Group Getting Started: A Career in Theatre Administration Symposium at East Los Angeles College alongside theater administrators from across the county to teach college-aged students about the many career pathways in the arts.

Alta Journal celebrated Issue 25 at DIESEL, a Bookstore Issue 25. I was fortunate enough to fact-check some great stories about Linda Ronstadt, a funky art gallery in the desert, artists in the Hammer Museum's biennial exhibition (by Ajay Orona), and Tepito Coffee in Pasadena (by Lynell George), and more!

Read my recap of the event here.

My article for Center Theatre Group about Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord at the Kirk Douglas Theatre last February is a Los Angeles Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist for Best Online Theater Feature. Read the article here.

Issue Three of Crybaby Press’ The Dry River launched, featuring two articles I edited about the climate crisis and related advocacy. Learn more.

Alta Journal celebrated the release of Issue 24. I was fortunate to research and fact-check stories about electrifying homes, an Arizona skate conference, and a hair salon in the heart of North Long Beach.

The issue was celebrated at Chevalier’s Books in Larchmont. Read my recap of the event here.

BroadwayWorld mentioned my article, 21 Questions with Alexis Scheer, in their review of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord.

The Dry River (Crybaby Press) was featured alongside TQR Magazine at Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Learn more about the event.

Alta Journal celebrated the release of Issue 23 in Culver City. For this issue, I researched and fact-checked a piece about accessible architecture and design with Erick Mikiten.

The Dry River (Crybaby Press) was a part of Blum & Poe Los Angeles’ Acid-Free Art Book Market & Bazaar. Learn more about the event.

I was selected to join Center Theatre Group’s Leadership Circle, a cohort of early-career staff members who spent six months developing our leadership and management skills alongside a career coach, mentoring new staff members, and engaging in conversations around the company’s AREDI (Anti-Racist, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) initiatives and goals. Read the full press release here.

The Dry River was featured in the Los Angeles Times’ feature on literary readings across Los Angeles.

I was selected as a Foot in the Door Fellow with the Los Angeles Press Club for 2023. This six-month fellowship is dedicated to mentoring and supporting early career reporters from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in media. Read more about the fellowship and my cohort here.

I returned (virtually!) to USC Annenberg to speak with students in the Journalism and the Audience class, taught by Robert Hernandez, about navigating post-graduate life, job hunting, and other advice about pursuing a career in media.

My piece, A New Generation of Zines, about three Zines led by Gen-Z creators challenging traditional print and digital media, won a Third Place Award for the National Arts & Entertainment Awards from the Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Arts or Entertainment Feature (Student Journalism).

My piece, A New Generation of Zines, about three Zines led by Gen-Z creators challenging traditional print and digital media, was a finalist for a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Arts Writing (Print or Online) (Student Journalism).

I graduated from The University of Southern California with my Master of Arts in Arts, Culture & Entertainment Reporting! I was recognized as a top scholar in my graduate program and for my 4.0 GPA with the Outstanding Specialized Journalism (The Arts) Award (Recognition) Award upon commencement.

Reporting from my team at USC Annenberg Media was credited in the Los Angeles Times.

I was a special guest on Annenberg Radio News’ From Where We Are to celebrate International Women’s Day! I reflected on my time in the USC Annenberg Media newsroom and what I learned about reporting and leadership. Listen here.

I joined USC Annenberg Media’s Equity Board as they presented at the Associated Collegiate Press Conference in Long Beach on our work with the Poynter Institute to develop and define equitable reporting strategies and workflows in our newsroom—and how other newsrooms can do it, too!

I was selected by The Kennedy Center as a National Fellow Finalist for the Institute for Theater Journalism and Advocacy at the American College Theater Festival from the Los Angeles region. Throughout the programming, I wrote reviews and articles about theatre and equitable arts criticism, engaged in workshops and panels, and was mentored by Ashley Lee of the Los Angeles Times.

My piece on the Netflix Original Series Selling Sunset was a finalist for a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club Finalist for Best Commentary/Critique (Student Journalism).

My piece on the series finale of BoJack Horseman for AmpersandLA, BoJack Horseman is Over and Everything is (Maybe) Better Now received a second-place award for a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Commentary/Analysis of TV/Film Across All Media Platforms (Print, TV, Radio or Online).

I reflected on the experience of graduating in 2020 with The Review at the University of Delaware. Read the article here.

My review of the series finale of BoJack Horseman for AmpersandLA was selected as a finalist for the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards from the Los Angeles Press Club for Best Student Journalism Commentary/Critique.

I was interviewed for Courier Newsroom about the experience of graduating college in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Annenberg Radio News interviewed me about the current mental health climate at USC and a recent Undergraduate Student Government town hall meeting on the issue. My interview is at 14:00 here.

I was interviewed by the Los Angeles Playwrights Initiative and the Daily Trojan about my role as a director in the Climate Change Theatre Action event. The event was a part of the larger Climate Change Theatre Action series of readings of different plays about climate change. This production was part of USC’s Visions and Voices arts and humanities initiative and the School of Dramatic Arts’ Institue for Theatre & Social Change.