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Editor, Copy Editor, and Proofreader
MST Editorial | Freelance | 2023 - PresentProvides copyediting, proofreading, cold reading, slugging, Americanization, and fact-checking for book manuscripts from trade publishers and indie author alike, as well as advisory firms in the education sector.
Services also include developmental and line editing, as well as typesetting, writer coaching, editorial assessments, and query letter reviews.
Clients include Penguin Random House (Clarkson Potter, Ten Speed Press, Ten Speed Graphic, Ten Speed Young Readers, Crown Currency, Storehouse Publishing) and Lyons Assessment Consulting.
Specializes in illustrated books (cookbooks, graphic novels, craft, health and lifestyle, card decks); nonfiction (memoir, self-help, politics, history, investigative journalism, pop culture); fiction (literary fiction, historical fiction, suspense and thriller, middle-grade and YA fiction).
Fluent in the Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition and AP style.
Social Media Assistant
HarperCollins Publishers | New York, NY | 2023 - 2024Scheduled and composed approximately 15 social media posts a week on the William Morrow social media channels–daily/per requests.
Prepared book email blast to over 70 influencers a month, administering monthly selected book picks to Review Mailings.
Researched and curated influencer lists of over 500 TikTok and Instagram influencers for the #MorrowTastemakers program.
Managed all social media content for William Morrow’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter/X channels.
Production Director / Copy Chief
Redivider | Boston, MA | 2022 - 2024Oversaw all production work within the production division, including processes for copyediting, proofing, schedules and deadlines, website development, and print development.
Made decisions for all print and digital visual expressions of content at Redivider.
Rebuilt the magazine’s style guide from scratch, standardizing style for all copy editors to follow for the first time in 7 years since the journal’s revival.
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Emerson College | Boston, MA
MA in Publishing and Writing
Awarded June 2025Awards: Graduate Fellowship, Emerson Community Scholarship
University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL
BA in English, Magna Cum Laude
with Editing and Publishing CertificateAwarded December 2021
Awards: Honors Undergraduate Thesis Scholarship, UCF Scholars Award, Book Research Scholarship Award from Latinx Leadership Program, Cypress Dome Editor’s Choice in Poetry
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Research
“Filtered Cultures: Confronting Latinx Diversity in the Publishing Industry”
Explored and recommended solutions for the internal lack of Latinx diversity in the publishing industry.
Presented research statistics, facts, and recommendations in a poster presentation before a panel of UCF scholars.
Recognized by the judges with a Book Scholarship Award for outstanding independent research as part of the Latinx Leadership Program.
“Maritime Lacunae” - Honors Undergraduate Thesis
Dissected and analyzed existing examples of immigrant poetry from around the world, closely documenting the techniques different poets apply and what these techniques contribute to the general conversation on immigration.
Composed a chapbook of my immigrant poetry, putting several of these techniques into practice and successfully bringing new perspectives to the topic of immigration as reflected in the world of poetry.
Recognized by the University of Central Florida’s Burnett Honors College with their Outstanding Creative Project Award.
Literary Publications
“Your Prescription Sonnet // Floridian Iguana.” Arcturus Magazine. October 28, 2021.
“Ode to a Hemorrhage.” Cypress Dome Magazine. Issue 32, pp. 23-24. Spring 2021.
“Water.” Cypress Dome Magazine. Issue 32, pp. 53-56. Spring 2021.
“The Words I Rehearsed.” Panku Literary & Arts Magazine. Vol. 55, Issue No. 2, pp. 59-63. Spring 2019.
“Atalaya.” Panku Literary & Arts Magazine. Vol. 56, Issue No. 1, pp. 40-43. Fall 2019.
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Languages:
English - Fluent
Spanish - Native Fluency
French - Conversational
Chinese - Basic
Digital Tools:
Microsoft Office Suite
Adobe Creative Suite
Google Workspace
Content management systems (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Omeka)
HTML / CSS
OCR
XML
Other Tools:
SEO
Social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook)
Canva
Sailthru
Team scheduling and organization (Airtable, Asana, Falcon.io)