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
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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
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College of Letters & Sciences – Academic Distinction
Dictionary of American Regional English – Research Assistant
Dean’s List
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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.