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education
2011-2015

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GPA 3.70

Cambridge, MA
-Honors degree in History, cum laude, High Honors in field, focus on domestic and Latin American
politics, secondary degree in English
-Coursework in History, Comparative/Domestic Politics, Economics, Fiction/Nonfiction Writing,
-Skipper for Harvard Varsity Sailing Team 30 hr/week commitment in fall and spring.
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experience
REUTERS
Santiago, Chile
Reporter-on-Contract
Reporter in Reuters bureau in Santiago, Chile, covering financial and general news
Have scored market-moving interviews; written features with exclusive content on topics ranging
from copper mining to real estate to investigations into Dirty War-era crimes
Broke news on a 1.2 terra-watt power tender by the worlds third largest copper mine, tens of
millions of losses by Chilean logging companies due to sabotage, a bid by a Argentine real estate
company for a mega-plot in downtown Buenos Aires, among other many other scoops
Syndicated in The New York Times, The Guardian, and many other major outlets
Summer 2015 Reuters Global Journalism Intern
One of three interns chosen for Latin America
Sept. 2015

Summer 2014

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Boston, MA
National News Intern
Pitched and wrote on breaking news, politics, policy, and justice, accumulating over 60 clips
Wrote in-depth on Honduran immigration in Chelsea, Mass., a USDA immigrant program in
Maine, a pipeline in the Berkshires, and a Boston marathon bombing trial, among other topics
Cited by the Congressional Research Service, BBC, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly

Summer 2013

THE SANTIAGO TIMES

Santiago, Chile
Political Reporting Intern
Reported from debates, campaign headquarters, rallies, and other political events during Chiles
presidential primary season for the nations only (and now defunct) English-language newspaper
Developed campaign contacts, landed exclusive interview with major presidential candidate

Summer 2012

NATIONAL JOURNAL
Washington, D.C.
Reporter Intern
Contributed thousands of words daily to 'The Hotline' and 'House Race Hotline, subscriberonly newsletters aggregating local political news and commentary from across the country
Wrote article on voter ID laws in Pennsylvania for National Journal Daily, as well as briefings
on eccentric political happenings across the country
Conducted frequent research for National Journal's 'On Call' blog

Nov. 2013Jan. 2014

2012-2013
2011-2015

HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW

Cambridge, MA
Managing Editor
Second-in-charge of content for the HPR, a dynamic 7,000+ circulation undergraduate
magazine, website, broadsheet, and radio show, overseeing a staff of 40
In charge of assigning and editing articles for 40 percent of staff, managing social media
Wrote in-depth features on campus, local and national political issues; featured on Longreads
Helped boost online readership 200 percent to 130K pageviews/month
In Fall 2014, co-hosted a biweekly HPR-affiliated political radio progam on WHRB 95.3
Senior Editor
Senior Writer

Sept. 2014Jan 2015

2012-present

HARVARD CRIMSON
Cambridge, MA
Staff Columnist
Wrote biweekly political column on the politics of Cambridge, New England, and the Millennial
generation, titled The Peoples Republic
Staff Writer
Wrote political and cultural op-eds, as well as book reviews,

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Harvard International Review (senior books and reviews editor, 2012; staff writer, 2011),
Perspective Magazine (monthly opinion magazine, managing editor, 2012), Harvard Citizenship Advocacy
Committee member and tutor (2011-12)
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SKILLS: Eikon, Lynx, and other Thomson Reuters technologies, Excel, PowerPoint, Wordpress, InDesign, all
social media, HTML, LexisNexis, Stata, Photoshop, Pixlr, AP Style
TRAINING: Reuters Boot camp for new hires (New York, September 2015)
LANGUAGES: Full professional proficiency in Spanish, elementary proficiency in French
GRANTS/AWARDS
2014 Harvard College Research Project Grant, funding for research on environmental politics
2013 Weissman Grant, paid for travel to Chile for The Santiago Times
2012 Institute of Politics Directors Grant, funded housing while at National Journal
Frank J. Cimerol Award for Writing, half of tuition paid for as high school senior at St. Johns
Preparatory School in Danvers, MA, for winning top writing award in class of 350