Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison
College of Letters and Sciences
January 2015 – December 2017

Bachelor of Arts, English Language & Linguistics
Certificate, Southeast Asian Studies (Philippines)
Graduated with Academic Distinction

  • Dr. Alfred W. McCoy, HISTORY 600 - History of the CIA: Covert Operations and the Conduct of U.S. Foreign Policy

    Dr. Ramzi Fawaz, ENG 245 - Community & Belonging

    Dr. Anja Wanner, ENG 516 - Grammar in Use

    Dr. Michael Cullinane, HIST 218 - Modern Southeast Asia

    Daniel Huffman, GEOG 370 - Cartographic Methods

    Dr. Jacee Cho, ENG 318 - Second Language Acquisition

    Dr. Tom Purnell, ENG 316 - Regional Dialects of the United States

    Dr. Tom Purnell, ENG 315 - Phonology

  • College of Letters & Sciences – Academic Distinction

    Dictionary of American Regional English – Research Assistant

    Dean’s List

  • City News Desk, Daily Cardinal

    Music Host, WSUM 91.7 FM Madison

    Filipinx-American Student Organization

Selected Bylines

  • My Body, My Festival, in The Turnaround, March 2023. Washington, D.C. Strange Woman Records. Print.

  • Amy K Bormet is back in D.C. again, and she’s making a bigger impact than ever, on CapitalBop, March 2019. Washington, D.C. Web.

  • Some Madison residents troubled following factory’s most recent pollution offense, in The Daily Cardinal, November 2017. Madison, WI. Print and web.

  • How much of a ‘sanctuary city’ is Madison? It depends who you ask, in The Daily Cardinal, October 2017. Madison, WI. Print and web.

  • Could downtown jail renovations contribute to racial inequality? Many community members think so, in The Daily Cardinal, October 2017. Madison, WI. Print and web.

  • Local Artist Spotlight: Wilder Deitz, on WSUM 91.7 FM Madison, July 2016. Madison, WI. Broadcast radio and web.

Selected Credits

  • Web design overhaul for Strange Woman Records creating a refreshed brand identity for the record label, and consolidating individual websites of Washington Women in Jazz and one of the label’s co-founders under the label’s umbrella web presence. 2023 (ongoing).

  • Brand and concept development, layout design, and editorial supervision for the debut issue of The Turnaround Magazine via Strange Woman Records, 2023 (ongoing).

  • Development, editorial oversight and production for The Turnaround Podcast via Strange Woman Records. 2023 (ongoing).

  • Co-production of Lightworks via WSUM 91.7 FM Madison, a 121-episode music series that ran weekly on FM radio from September 2020 - May 2023.

  • Fundraising campaign for NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland* including 5 interview subjects and full video/social media campaign, August - September 2013.

Office Experience

  • Project Legal Assistant, Arnold & Porter,
    Washington, D.C. 2018 - 2021.

  • Research Assistant, Dictionary of American Regional English,
    Madison, WI. 2016 - 2017.

  • Communications & Outreach Intern, NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland, Silver Spring, MD. 2012 - 2013.

Vocational Experience

  • These days, like most freelancers and English majors, I deliver groceries. We’re fighting for our lives in the gig economy.
    Please be kind!

  • Server and Expo, Great Dane Pub, Madison, WI. 2013 - 2018.

  • Shift Manager and Server, Monty’s Diner, Madison, WI. 2016 - 2017.

  • Instrument Service Technician, Chuck Levin’s Music, Wheaton, MD. 2012 - 2013.