EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | June 2023, Cinema and Media Culture

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT | Aug 2018-May 2020, Film and Media Culture (transferred)

Dean’s List all years GPA 3.9

Viewpoint School, Calabasas, CA | June 2018

Headmaster’s List, High Honor Roll, Cum Laude Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Latin Honor Society, National Merit Commended Scholar, and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award

National Scholastic Award in Novel Writing 2017; Margaret Annon Award for Fiction Writing 2022

Leadership

Editor-in-Chief, The Middlebury Independent; Middlebury, VT  2019-2020

  • A monthly magazine promoting written debate. Experience in editing, writing, advertising, professional interactions, distribution, public relations, and interviewing to maintain a respected publication.

Middcore; Monterey, CA summer 2019

  • An intensive summer program through Middlebury College focused on marketing,  social entrepreneurship, business skills, and high-pressure collaboration.  Each week, an organization or company presented a problem and students had five days to present a solution. Students also pitched their own ideas, garnering praise for an insect burger and alternative TV streaming platform.

Junior Creative Executive, Zerotrillion and Zerotrillion Pictures; New York, NY  2023-now

  • Copywriter and scriptwriter for brands, commercials, ads, and messaging.

  • Sole scriptwriter for emerging film production off-shoot, Zerotrillion Pictures

Brand and marketing intern, Mint Mobile; Costa Mesa, CA  Summer 2022

  • Shadowed marketing/brand executives at one of the most innovative companies in internal marketing and worked with brand & creative teams to develop assets for TV, socials, website, and merchandise. In-depth learning experience regarding customer analytics, procurement costs, and data from past marketing plans.

Production intern, Hidden Pictures; Universal Studios, CA  Summer 2022

  • Wrote coverage/provided recommendations for scripts & books to adapt into films as well as attended calls with directors and other creatives. Performed as a personal assistant for the CEO working finances and logistics.

VP of Creative Development/ Personal Assistant, Hudson Entertainment Group; Wilmington, NC Winter-Summer 2020

  • Worked at a production company doing everything from reading and covering scripts, editing scripts, creating websites and business cards, auditioning actors, and generating full creative look-books.  Gained experienced in inner-workings of early film production and script formation, as well as responsible for online brand development and merchandise design/ procurement. 

S.W.A.T. Television Show, Intern; Los Angeles, CA  Summer 2019

  • Attended 8-hour Zoom meetings Monday-Friday working with writers attempting to navigate COVID. Gained insight on A, B, and C plots, especially in relation to serialization that movies do not need to prepare contingencies for. Once in a lifetime insight on how real-world complications (BLM protests, COVID, etc) affect the stories told.

Experience

SKILLS

Scriptwriting, copywriting, editing, creative writing, communication, video editing, production

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere, Procreate

Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, Excel, Zoom

Spanish Language — Intermediate

Useless SKILLS

Read and write Morse Code

Fluent in QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards

Quoted (and misgendered) by an article in Newsweek

Personally threatened by the Vermont Old Cemetery Association over a mummy

Licensed Minister (nondenominational)