Resume
Journalism Experience
Bloomberg Law
Corporate Reporting Intern | June 2026 - July 2026
- Wrote 40+ litigation articles on topics such as antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, insurance and securities over nine weeks. Broke down court documents and met daily deadlines for each story.
- Pitched and wrote an original enterprise story on the rise of buy now, pay later companies in bankruptcy filings. Conducted a docket analysis, created a graphic and starred in a social video for the story.
- Pitched and executed multiple stories in less than a week, including an analysis on the legal dispute over prediction market regulation and distress in the healthcare industry.
- Covered business news on federal enforcers such as the SEC, CFTC and CFPB. Interviewed CFPB employees on their first day at a new office, filing the story within two hours.
- Collaborated with reporters on multiple stories, including a quick follow-up analysis to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the SEC and an enterprise story on the surge in debt collection cases.
The Wall Street Journal
Real-Time Reporting Intern | June 2025 - August 2025
- Wrote more than 300 real-time stories on earnings, stock moves, mergers and executive changes for an audience of investors at Dow Jones Newswires. Consistently wrote up stories within minutes of market-moving events as a breaking corporate news reporter.
- Contributed 27 articles to The Wall Street Journal, including in-depth stories on the recent slump in fast-casual dining and investors’ excitement about Planet Fitness.
- Pitched and wrote a story on America’s pickle craze, transforming a consumer trends piece into a quirky feature story published on the front page of the newspaper.
- Trusted with the Journal’s earnings coverage for major companies such as DoorDash, Texas Instruments and EBay. Conducted interviews with CEOs of ThredUp and Shark Ninja.
Maryland Daily Record
Business Reporting Intern | June 2024 - August 2024
- Served as a reporting intern for a statewide newspaper covering economic, legal and legislative news across Maryland.
- Pitched and wrote a combination of daily stories and enterprise coverage, totaling 24 single-bylined articles over eight weeks.
- Hit daily deadlines to cover topics including affordable childcare, city development projects, Realtor commission rates and business profiles.
- Reported on the impact of worldwide Microsoft outage in Maryland. Covered union contracts and AI in higher education. Created data visualizations on child poverty across Maryland.
The Diamondback
News Editor | April 2025 - April 2026
Previous Roles: Deputy News Editor (April 2024 - April 2025), News Reporter (October 2022 - April 2024)
- Guided 16 news reporters through pitching, sourcing and writing. Oversaw coverage on topics such as the detainment of student journalists, DEI cuts and university lawsuits.
- Pitched and wrote more than 80 stories. Uncovered multiple scoops, including the 26% increase in Black faculty and the historic spike in hate bias incident reports.
- Conducted monthly exclusive interviews with the university president, which led to scoops on topics such as university grant cuts and student visa revocations.
- Spearheaded the newspaper's initial coverage on the campus reaction to violence in Israel and Palestine. Covered a series of vigils, protests and student government meetings related to the matter.
Capital News Service
Data and Graphics Reporter | January 2025 - May 2025
- Leveraged programming and data visualization skills to pitch and write several data-driven enterprise stories, including of federal contracting grants and a SCOTUS case on LGBTQ+ books in public schools.
- Used R for large-scale analysis of Maryland’s chronic absenteeism data and NOAA weather data. Created interactive graphics with Flourish, DataWrapper and Adobe Illustrator.
Education
University of Maryland | B.A. in Journalism and B.S. in Information Science
August 2022 - May 2026
- Citation from prestigious Media, Self and Society College Park Scholars living-learning program
- Inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha - A national honor society recognizing top 10% of graduating journalism seniors.
Awards
- Future of Journalism Award | 2026 Recipient
- Maryland Media Inc. Scholarship | 2024 Recipient
- David Mills Memorial Scholarship | 2024 Recipient
- MDDC Press Association Scholarship | 2024 Recipient
- J. Theodore Crown Sr. and Joseph Crown Jr. Scholarship | 2024 Recipient
- Philip Merrill College of Journalism Dean's Scholarship | 2022 Recipient
Memberships
- Asian American Journalists Association
- Investigative Reporters and Editors
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
Skills
- Data: R, SQL, Python, HTML, Google Sheets, Excel, Flourish, DataWrapper
- Media: Adobe InDesign, WordPress, Adobe PremierePro