WRITING EXPERIENCE

• Founder, GoldBugBox (Spooky Middle Grade and YA book subscription box, targeting Fall 2022 launch)
• Horror Writers Association (HWA) Mentee, 2022
• Cybils Awards Panelist
  • 2019 – Easy Readers and Chapter Books
  • 2021 – Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction
• Honorable Mention, Rising Kite Middle Grade SCBWI Miami conference 2020 – working manuscript title A MILLION TINY MIRRORS, 2020
• Blogger, KidlitUnderground.com, 2018 – Present
• Highlights Foundation, Novel Beginnings Workshop Alum and Scholarship Recipient, 2018

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Former Big Four Management Consultant – technology integration and business process optimization.

EDUCATION

• Georgetown University, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (International Business, Information & Communications)
• ITESM, Campus Monterrey, N.L., Mexico (study abroad program)

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• SCBWI, Member 2012 – Present
  • Social Media Assistant, 2012-2013
• HWA, Member 2021 – Present
• PTA Board Member in a highly socioeconomically and culturally diverse Title 1 Elementary school, 2017 – Present.