The Places My Pen Has Taken Me!
As Seen on TV
2021-Present NBCU Shows
I’ve been amazingly fortunate to write for two incredibly fun Kid’s shows at NBCU!
2022 Nick Jr. Preschool Show
I’ve been extremely lucky to write an episode for PAW Patrol!
2021 Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room Fellow
I spent the summer developing original children’s television concept and script, with guidance from industry leaders. I learned about the children’s television industry practices and the tools for writing engaging children’s television. SesameWritersRoom.
In Print
2024 “Da-ko-ta” Writers of the Future Award-Winning Short story
In the shadows of Teddy Roosevelt’s wendigo hunt, a Native American boy resolves to turn the tables on his captors, setting his sights on the ultimate prey Americas’s Great Chief. (published here)
2022 New Yorker Caption
Published a Cartoon Caption in the May 16th 2022 Issue. (And yes, I’m counting this!)
Classroom
2024 Clarion Workshop
Speculative Fiction Writers Workshop! “If you want to be a writer, you want to go to Clarion, NEED to go to Clarion.” – Neil Gaiman
2021-Present IRC Refugee Writing Tutor
During the school year I volunteer tutor K-12 refugees in writing and English language. Since many of the kids come from the Middle East and Latin America, being half Hispanic and half Arab makes me perfectly placed to help serve my diverse range of students. The tutoring is a great personal reminder of the importance of offering kids the tools to foster their voices.
2020-2021 Second Chance Educational Alliance Writing Tutor
I worked as a volunteer writing tutor, helping formerly incarcerated individuals in their efforts to gain a college degree. It was an incredibly fulfilling program where I got the chance to reintroduce the world of composition and literature to those who had not been in school for decades. Offering that population the tools to articulate their experiences was extraordinarily rewarding.
2019-2021 UConn Writing Center
I tutored undergraduate and graduate students on their writing, supporting students in diverse fields, from lab reports to policy proposals and creative writing to medical school applications. While working at the Writing Center, I assisted with research dedicated to transforming the way we consider “good” writing and challenge white language supremacy. I was also fortunate enough to perform research dedicated to understanding grammar instruction and its place in the center.
