EDUCATION
MFA Creative Writing
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah GA: 2020-2022
MA Fashion Studies
(interrupted due to COVID-19)
Parsons Paris, The New School, Paris FR: 2019-2020
BA Studio Art, Photography emphasis
BA Social Psychology
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA: 2009-2014
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Editor
Research & Development
MERDE Magazine, Paris FR / Brooklyn NY: 2020 to present
Editor
Student publication: Printing Fashion N°1
Parsons Paris: The New School, Paris FR: Spring 2020
Arts & Poetry Editor
Inscape Literary Journal
Pasadena City College, Pasadena CA: Spring 2019
Nonfiction Editor
Inscape Literary Journal
Pasadena City College, Pasadena CA: Fall 2018
Senior Editor
Y.E.S. House Biannual Newsletter
Youth Educational Services, House 91, Arcata CA: 2014
INTERNSHIPS
Publishers' Intern
Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA: Jan 2022 – May 2022
Editorial Intern
Editorial-Based Contemporary Vintage
Byronesque, London UK / Paris FR: Summer 2020
Runway Correspondent
Paris Fashion Week
Fashionweek.Pro, New York NY / Paris FR: Fall 2019 – Winter 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Essay, Creative Nonfiction & Journalism
"Astro Holiday Gift Guide"
MERDE Magazine, Los Angeles, CA: Dec 2021
"Behind the Scenes with Starcrawler"
MERDE Magazine, Los Angeles, CA: Nov 2021
"Don Kaka: What's in a Name"
MERDE Magazine, Los Angeles, CA: Oct 2021
“Guilt Trip: The Psychology of Guilty Pleasures”
MERDE Magazine, Paris FR: Nov 2020
“Chloe Zofia Hawkins lets us in on her @secretparislibrary”
Parsons Paris: New School News, Paris FR: April 2020
“Géraldine Blanche on the Business of Fashion”
Parsons Paris: New School News, Paris FR: April 2020
“Immortal Taste: Thinking Through Fashion Magazine Archives”
Printing Fashion Festival, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris FR: Mar 2020
“Fashion, Wit, an Internship and MERDE”
Parsons Paris: New School News, Paris FR: Feb 2020
“Vogue Arabia: Behind the Veil”
Exhibition text for A Fashion Issue: Identities in Translation
Glassbox Espace d’Art, Paris FR: Dec 2019
“A Class Visit: Premiére Vision”
Parsons Paris, New School News, Paris FR: Oct 2019
“Catching Up with 2003 Poet of the Year: T. Cole Rachel”
Inscape Literary Journal, Pasadena CA: Spring 2019
“2019 Pasadena Festival of Women Writers”
Inscape Literary Journal, Pasadena CA: Spring 2019
Book Review
Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans
by Paul Van Doren
MERDE Magazine, Brooklyn NY: Summer 2021
Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age
by Susan Elizabeth Ryan
Parsons Paris: The New School, Paris FR: Winter 2020
AWARDS & GRANTS
Student Opportunity Grant
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah GA: 2021
Student Achievement Honor Scholarship Award
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah GA: 2020
International Student Merit Grant
Parsons Paris: The New School, Paris FR: 2019
C.A.H.S.S. Travel Funding Award: SPE National Conference
Society for Photographic Education, Baltimore MD: 2014
Undergraduate "Research in a Creative Activity" Fellowship Award
Humboldt State University, C.A.H.S.S. Arcata CA: 2013
Presidential Volunteer Gold Service Award
former U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington DC: 2013
Student Travel Grant: SPE National Conference
Society for Photographic Education, Chicago, IL: 2013
EXHIBITIONS
MERDE Magazine: Issue IV: Nostalgia in "A Magazine Show"
Dec. 2021 - Jan. 2022, Miriam Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
"A Fashion Issue: Interrogating the Influence of Fashion Publishing"
Dec. 2019 Glassbox Espace d’Art, Paris, France
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Digital Photography
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA: 2011-2012
Student Teacher, CSU Summer Arts Photography Session
Cal State Monterey Bay, Seaside CA: 2013
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Welcoming Committee, Printing Fashion Festival
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris FR: 2020
Student Representative, Parsons Paris Administrative Group
Parsons Paris, The New School, Paris FR: 2019-2020
Graphic Design Committee, Residential Academic Mentoring Program
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA: 2013-2014
Governing Body, Youth Educational Services
Humboldt State University, Arcata CA: 2012
MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
WGSN Trend Forecasters
Martin Parr Foundation
Psi Chi International Honors Society in Psychology
Americorps Alumni