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A multimedia writer and self-published author with three years of experience as a staff writer and editor.
I write across genres from feature journalism to creative nonfiction, bringing a compelling narrative-driven style to all my projects.
Multimedia
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A multimedia feature story and website on the political nature of Gen Z fashion consumption.
As creator and moderator of this Black History Month panel, I developed skills in event planning, public speaking, and graphic design.
Feature Journalism
In the last decade, social justice groups have called for the reform of Santa Barbara County's notoriously overcrowded jail system. Members of local social justice organizations, County executives, and jail staff discuss how the County is working to maintain conditions that support mental wellbeing for both staff and inmates.
The UC Santa Barbara Jazz Ensemble tributes Duke Ellington in Fall Concert titled "The Identity of Ellington" led by director Jon Nathan.
We play an integral role as individuals–as coworkers and managers–in reinforcing or working against this culture of harassment.
This spring, UC Santa Barbara students co-facilitated the creation of Originalia, an art showcase featuring the painting, sculpture, and interactive artwork of 11 students interpreting their experiences with reproductive biology. UCSB students Emilie Risha and Anastasia Senavsky described how they c
The UCSB Black Studies Professor Jeffrey Stewart hosted his jazz pop-event Jeffrey's Jazz Coffeehouse featuring the Los Angeles-based jazz artists Ben Caldwell and Love and Exile Players. The pop-up event, which was created to help heal the Isla Vista community following tragedy, honored the history
The life and legacy of UC Santa Barbara religious studies professor Walter Capps was celebrated at a Veterans Day panel discussion on his ground-breaking Vietnam War class, hosted by the Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life.
Drag queens and kings of UCSB Theatre and Dance and the UCSB Amplify Initiative present an homage to Rupaul's Drag Race that defines how queer expression exists on the UC Santa Barbara campus.
Daily Nexus alum Gretchen Macchiarella speaks to UCSB's Professional Writing Minor about ways that they can spur social change in reporting using Solutions Journalism.
Faculty and students of UC Santa Barbara’s Religious studies kicked-off the academic year with hopes of peace and collaboration in the department and among religious groups worldwide. Department chair Juan Campo urged the campus to focus on efforts to foster peace as students and faculty navigate times of immense violence and suffering on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Creative Nonfiction
“I think the other writers, always searching for their next story, looked at me–with my brown skin, bright orange hair and hot pink lipstick–and wanted to collect me. I was something peculiar to them. And I was more than happy to let them, if I got something in return.”
In an age when reading for enjoyment is declining in popularity, how does trashy romance literature keep its hold on our culture?
No, in our family God’s will comes first, and our wants and needs—each other’s true selves—that comes second. But Miss Lorraine didn’t seem to care what kind of family we were.
Fiction
Working somewhere as temporary and replaceable as a fast food restaurant, you can pick a new identity and try it on for a season.
As black women, our hair forms a hierarchy, and from when we're just little girls getting our virgin locks pulled tight into afro puffs and braids with brightly-colored, plastic barrettes at the end, we get a place on it.