NBC PHILADELPHIA                                                                                                                                              Philadelphia, PA

Reporter                                                                                                                                   Jan 2022​ - Present​​​

• General assignment & breaking news

• Covered the South Street mass shooting, the 4th of July active shooter, and the city's gun violence crisis

• Reporting on the local AAPI community

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NEWS 12 NEW YORK                                                                                                                                             Westchester, NY

Reporter                                                                                                                                Dec 2020​ - Dec 2021​​

• NPPA award-winning MMJ

• Emmy nominated for an exclusive sit-down with Westchester DA Mimi Rocah, discussing why charges were dropped in the attack of an Asian grandmother. The report prompted a campaign to encourage more reporting of hate crimes.

• Covered Governor Cuomo’s scandals and the transition to New York’s first female governor

• Reported extensively on Hurricane Ida and the aftermath

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KGET 17 NEWS (NBC)                                                                                                                                            Bakersfield, CA

Reporter & Lifestyle Host                                                                                                   May 2018 - Nov 2020​

• Lead reporter on Emmy award-winning Stagecoach wildfire coverage

• Investigative story on officer-involved shootings prompted the state to sue the sheriff’s department and mandate body cameras for all deputies

• Longform special reports following magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes in Ridgecrest

• Hosted weekly lifestyle show, Pop Kern, an original pitch with average viewership of 30,000

 

NBCUNIVERSAL                                                                                                                                                         New York, NY

Page                                                                                                                                      Feb 2017 - May 2018

• Produced segments for CNBC's Halftime Report & Fast Money

• Wrote daily web articles for WNBC

• Coordinated travel for TODAY Show guests and talent, ran scripts for anchors

 

FORBES                                                                                                                                                                             Jersey City, NJ

Lifestyle Writer                                                                                                                    May 2015 – Feb 2017

• Wrote 4-5 articles per week on lifestyle news (covered entertainment, fashion, real estate)

• Managed ForbesLife Twitter and Facebook accounts (half a million combined followers)

• Edited up to 25 freelancer articles per day

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EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN                                                                                                                          Ann Arbor, MI

B.A. Honors English and Psychology

3-year graduate, magna cum laude

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SKILLS

• Fluent in Mandarin & conversational in Spanish

• Shoot with Panasonic ENG, Sony XDCAM, Canon 5D Mark III, and Blackmagic cameras

• Edit with Adobe Premiere