Education

University of Colorado Boulder
M.A. in Journalism with a focus in environmental journalism
Graduated May 2024

Key projects:

• News Corps project: Beyond Buddha heads – Finding resilience in Colorado’s epicenter of Buddhist philosophy
• Boulder Reporting Lab: Hidden hazard – Boulder’s million coal-ash problem has no local watchdog, collaborative group project
• Professional project: Wildfire evacuations in Boulder

Emory University
B.A. in English and Creative Writing, second major in Environmental Sciences
Graduated May 2021

Awards

• First place: SPJ Top of the Rockies in public service and enterprise reporting categories for “Hidden Hazard” (regional, 2024)
• Finalist: INN Nonprofit News Awards, Insight Awards for Explanatory Journalism for “Hidden Hazard” (national, 2024)
• Winner: Artistine Mann Award in Fiction for Best Fiction Written by an Emory Undergraduate (2021)
• Winner: Emory Department of Environmental Sciences Annual Hickcox Award (2021) – Awarded to graduating seniors who demonstrated significant leadership, presence, and service within the ENVS department and Emory community

Experience

Freelance journalist (Sept 2024 – present)

Boulder Reporting Lab
Summer Reporting Fellow (Jun – Aug 2024)
Report in-depth on a variety of local news, including local government, arts and community, and environmental issues. Personal photography supplemented original reporting. Attend editorial meetings twice a week to pitch stories, brainstorm approaches and sources, and explore leads with colleagues. Assist in reporting of breaking news through monitoring of police scanners, social media, and announcements from local institutions.  

KGNU Community Radio
Digital Engagement Intern (Jun – Aug 2023)
Created daily content regarding the station’s broadcasted news and featured stories for Instagram. Process involved breaking down story content for captions, photography of subjects and communication for assets as needed. Additionally: wrote and recorded news stories for daily morning headlines, edited and proofread morning news stories for digital publishing, and produced feature stories for the morning radio program as needed.

Colorado Open Lands
Communications Intern (Feb – May 2023)
Synthesized information from interviews, newspapers, and internal communications to create a 10,000-word narrative about the San Isabel Land Protection Trust. Additional work to proofread newsletters and website content.

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Social Media Intern (Jan – Jun 2022)
Brainstormed and created graphics and copy for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to engage and inform audiences about organization events and Chattahoochee River ecology.

SEO Design Chicago
Contract writer (Jan – Jun 2022)
Wrote blog posts for company clients using SEO and focus keywords for a variety of topics.

Politically Invisible Asians
Editorial Manager (Jan – Jun 2022), Deputy Editor (Oct – Dec 2021), Staff Writer (Jul – Sep 2021)
Researched, wrote, and edited pieces focusing on the Asian American identity, culture, and related topics. As an editor, I provided feedback on structure, tone, and grammar.

The Take
Editorial/Factcheck Intern (Jan – Mar 2022)
Factchecked for accuracy and plagiarism on pop culture analysis scripts, wrote proposals for in-video text and suggested appropriate dialogue clips.

Delikate Rayne
Content Writing Intern (Jul – Nov 2021)
Wrote blog and Instagram posts focusing on topics of health, food, and sustainability.

Emory University Department of Environmental Sciences
Teaching Assistant (Jan – May 2021)
Assisted in instruction of an introductory environmental science class with 30 students. Duties included grading weekly papers, hosting office hours, facilitating class discussions and tracking participation.

Speaking

Panelist, FANEXPO Denver – Pop Culture Classroom panel Public Domain for All: Let Your Inner Content Creator Shine, Jul. 4, 2024, “Public domain stories: Potentials and pitfalls.”

Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado Boulder – Media and Diverse Populations, Feb. 20, 2024, “When the West covers Thailand.”

Panelist, University of Colorado Boulder – International student orientation U.S. classroom culture student panel, Jan. 11, 2024.

Panelist, Colorado Press Association Convention – Anatomy of an awesome internship program, Sept. 23, 2023.

Interests

Skills

• Writing and editing
• Basic graphic design, photography, and video editing
• Search engine optimization
• Google Drive, Outlook, Microsoft
• WordPress, Weebly, Instagram

Languages

• Thai (native language)
• English (second language, native proficiency)
• Mandarin Chinese (basic proficiency)