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special features
A Taste of Time, Atrium Magazine
I spent a year exploring the natural and cultural history of a native South Florida plant, the seagrape, and the "lost recipe" for seagrape jelly deep in my family's history. The longform narrative nonfiction piece was published in the inaugural issue of Atrium Magazine, a student-run publication at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
An Earth Island Journal Feature
After spending four weeks reporting on the ground in northern Tanzania, I wrote a feature story about youth-led natural resource conservation initiatives and the country's pivotal grapple with climate change and hard-wired cultural mindsets. "It Takes a Village" looks at sustainable alternatives to harmful open-fire cookstoves, an elementary school that doubles as a tree nursery, animal welfare and more.
In Tanzania, kids as young as 10 are leading the way in natural resource conservation.
It Takes a Village
Other Publications
The Fine Print
When an on-deadline news story for The Alligator was later rejected by its editors, I decided to reach out to TFP for potential publication. Check out my first college-level magazine article about a round table held at UF to discuss the then-pending cutbacks to the 2015 Waters of the US Rule and Clean Water Act.
Water We Doing?
SFS in the Field: The School for Field Studies Blog
During my study abroad program in Tanzania, I volunteered to write a piece for the SFS blog, which was featured in the August newsletter to alumni and prospective students. Read it for a glimpse into our daily life on the program, and how I was able to overcome the challenge of being a single journalism student among 20 STEM majors with more experience than me in field work and scientific data.
Miami Montage 2016: Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Journalism Workshop in New Media
The summer before my junior of high school, I was selected as one of 20 high school journalism students to participate in this three-week workshop at the University of Miami in which we learned from communications professors and worked on stories for the annual Miami Montage newsmagazine. For our topic, the evolving identity of South Florida, I wrote about under-covered Vietnamese nail salon industry in Miami and traced its roots back to Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren, known for her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, who I was able to interview. I also shot footage for a group documentary film we produced showcasing the culture and community in Little Havana.
It doesn’t just take a STEM major to save the world; it takes passion and initiative.
