Résumé

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EXPERIENCE

AT&T Media Productions               January 2014-Present

      • Lead Associate Producer of all Dallas webcasts and production shoots
      • Director/Producer of AT&T’s internal morning news show Around the Globe
      • Director/producer of AT&T and AEIS (formerly DIRECTV) co-produced news show Behind the Screens

AT&T Media Productions               September 2013-January 2014

      • Scheduling and production assistant

Publishing Concepts                        July 2013-Present

      • Video Producer: script writer, director, film crew, editor.

Punto TV newscast                 February 2013-Present

      • Creator, producer, reporter, anchor of the first Spanish news show at SMU

Teaching Assistant                 August 2012-May 2013

      • Assist the Basic Video and Audio Production professor and students to edit, film, write scripts, fix technical issues, and check out gear

Daily Update                     August 2011-May 2013

      • Crewmember for SMU’s student-run, weekday morning news broadcast
      • 6 AM crew call
      • Reporter, writer, technical director, server, still store, CG, audio board operator, teleprompter, camera operator

Daily Campus                   August 2012-May 2013

      • Reporter in English

Lector                        September 2008-Present

      • Reader, in English and Spanish, at my church every other Sunday in front of at least three hundred people

Al Día Newspaper                  October 2012-January 2013

      • Reporting on five stories in Spanish

Azteca Noticias, Chihuahua, Mexico      June 2012-July 2012

Intern editor

      • Video Editor, crew-member, reporter

DFW Infórmate magazine           January 2012-February 2012

      • Writer of the education column for the January-February issue

Radio ESFER 920AM            January 2007-May 2008

      • Radio host every other month for my high school’s student-run radio show which aired every Saturday

SKILLS

Bilingual (Spanish as first language)

      • Sony NX5U, Sony PD 150/170 mini DV cameras, Studio cameras
      • Technical Director, Server, Still Store, CG, Audio board, Teleprompter, reporter, anchor
      • Final Cut Pro, Avid iNews, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Programs, Avid, Adobe Premier Elements, iMovie, Dreamweaver, WordPress

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Gold Quill 2015

      • Awarded to the show I direct/produce: Around the Globe

Digital PR Award got “Best podcast/videocast 2014”

      • Awarded to the show I direct/produce: Around the Globe.

Sikh Coalition Diversity Video   November 2012

      • Won 2nd place in an international video competition.

Honors Transfer Scholarship    August 2011

      • Awarded to students who transfer to the Southern Methodist University with a 3.7 GPA or higher and demonstrate rigorous extracurricular involvement and academic achievement.

Media Award    April 2011

      • Awarded at the Texas Junior College Student Government Association Conference to the best ten minute movie that portrays the theme of the conference; I wrote, produced, edited, directed, and starred in it.

Honors Top Research Award     May 2010

      • Awarded to the best research presentation at the Honors Research Conference held at Collin College. My team’s project analyzed strong topics presented to Children in popular Disney movies and their influence.

EDUCATION

Southern Methodist University

Graduated: May 2013

      • Major: Journalism
      • Minor: Film and Media Arts

Collin College, Plano, TX

Graduated: May 2011

      • Associate in Arts

References Available Upon Request