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Photographer/Multimedia Producer

Highlights Formal Education

Master of Arts, Journa lism (concentration photojourna lism)

One of twelve gradua te students

in the U.S. chosen for a Carnegie University of Texas at Austin, May 2009

Melon Fellowship in Cairo,

Bachelor of Arts, Spanish a nd Inter national Studies

Egypt and Doha, Qatar to

Spelman College, May 2006

produce a m ultimed ia

documentary.

Professional Experience

Chosen out of 300 applica nts to

Photograph and pr oduce news Photographer Intern

programs for KXAN A ustin KXAN Austin News July 2008 to J uly 2009

News the N BC affiliate. Excelled in a deadline based, and high-stress en vironment

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Chosen by the University of Assisted in the creative process fro m idea conception to final production

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Texas at A ustin as a teaching Photographed and edited news stories using AVI D

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assistant for digital and B/W

Photographer/ Personal Assistant

photography classes

Greenwood Photography July 2007 to Aug. 2008

Able to read write and spea k

Assist ed with photo sho ots

fluent Spanish; completed study •

The liaison betw een client and ph otograph er

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abroad programs in Santia go,

In charge of light ing equipm ent, b ackdrop s, outfit changes, and cam era sett ings

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Dominican Republic and Sa n

Respon sible fo r edit ing and printing high quality work

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Pedro, Costa Rica

Ability to thr ive in a deadline and Spanish Teach er

pressur e based environment.

Memphis City Schools June 2006 to Aug. 2007

Technical Training Taught fifth to eighth grade Sp anish

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Plann ed and prepared engaging co urses and lesson s fo r students.

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Communicated and consult ed w ith parents and p upils.

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Docum entary video and Ed iting Provided g uidan ce and advice to stud ent s on so cial and educatio nal issues.

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Loca tion and S tudio Lighting Freelance Ph otograph er

Advanced projects in Commer cia l Appea l J une 2006 to Aug. 2007

Photojournalism Respon sible fo r w rit ing th e accompan ying art icles and capt ion s to t he

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photograph s

Technical Skills Worked in a dead lin e based, d etail orient ed environment

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Provided clear, high-qualit y, t ruthful imag es that commun icated th e m essag e to

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read ers.

Microsoft Office (Word, Additional Experience

Outlook, Excel, Power Point) Tea cher’s Assistant

CS3 a nd CS 4 (Photoshop, University of Texas a t A ustin Aug. 2007 to May 2009

Indesign, Dr eam weaver) Facilitated lesson plans fo r p rofessors

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Photo mechanic, a nd Adobe Communicated effect ively with st udent s and pro fessors

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Coach ed st udent s in vario us techn iques includ ing dig ital and w et lab p rocessing,

Lightr oom •

and mult imed ia edit ing

Photography Editor

Final Cut Pr o, and Final Cut Pr o

Spelman Spotlight College Newspaper A ug. 2004 to May 2006

Express, AVID

Produced qualit y wo rk in a fast paced deadlin e b ased enviro nment.

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Made all final decision s fo r final p ublication, and ed ited all ph otograp hs fo r final

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Video Equipment: Sony HVR- publication

Z1U, Pa nasonic H200, XD CA M Captured new s on film, making t he picture tell the st ory

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HD, D V Cam, and HD V Maintain ed and kept track of all photo equipm ent

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Managed a t eam of photograph ers

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Americorp (Cool G irls)

• Mento red a gro up of elementary and m iddle sch ool girls

• Worked closely with th e fundraising and market ing coord inator to help

concept ualiz e n ew fundraiser and m arket ing strat egies

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