March 2025 to Present

Leading the beauty commerce content at Women’s Health

Commerce Writer

March 2023 to February 2025

Tapped by senior leadership to contribute celebrity-related commerce content for Hearst’s newest acquisition, Biography.com, which included publishing the highest-grossing story in April 2024

November 2021 to February 2025

Oversaw the beauty vertical, ideated and launched awards and columns, which included the first-ever Best New Beauty Awards package

Secured 5-figure licensing deals and a digital billboard placement for my stories

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June 2020 to September 2021

Built an encyclopedia of skincare content, covered sales and deals, ideated and executed editorial and SEO strategies and more at NBC News

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November 2019 to June 2020

Pitched and wrote SEO-driven trend and market stories, expert-driven shopping-related features, gift guides, sale roundups and explainers for CNN’s commerce and product reviews vertical, Underscored

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November 2019 to June 2020

Wrote SEO roundups, first-person stories, how-tos, explainers and expert guides on skincare, makeup, hairstyle ideas, beauty treatments, celebrity trends and more

Produced all stories in the CMS, including SEO descriptions, heds, deks, social media copy and sourced images for publication

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July 2019 to June 2020

Interviewed experts such as dermatologists, trichologists, hairstylists and makeup artists on skincare, hair, clean makeup, Black beauty essentials and more

Built every explainer and roundup in the CMS, including writing meta titles and descriptions for SEO, heds and deks and social media copy

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January 2019 to July 2019

Top 20 stories drove a combined 2.36 million views to the site, wrote 250+ news stories in six months and wrote sponsored content for L'Oréal

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Contributing writer

October 2016 to June 2020

Reported on red carpet fashion and interviewed influential celebrity stylists, hairstylists and makeup artists timed to tentpole events such as the Oscars, Emmys, Met Gala and more

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October 2016 to June 2020

Conducted over 70 celebrity interviews including Sheryl Crow, Demi Lovato, Christian Siriano, Dua Lipa, Kygo and Giuseppe Zanotti

Reported on the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Met Gala, Billboard Music Awards, VMAs, EMAs, New York Fashion Week and more

Broke trending news and secured exclusive features with full social media cross-promotion from talent, record labels and brands

Interviewed artist managers, including a cofounder of Roc-a-Fella Records, for the 2020 Hip Hop Power Players issue

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July to October 2016

Wrote features and conducted 22 celebrity interviews in three months, built 15 weekly freelancer stories in Drupal, fact-checked print lifestyle stories and assisted on-location for two cover stories and three lifestyle photoshoots

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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Bachelor of Science

Major: Journalism Minor: Public Relations