Experience

  • Editor-in-Chief, The Sounding Board

    April 2024-Present

    Plan publication content with editorial team and manage team. Mentor staff writers and edit in print and online content.

  • Freelance Reporter, The Journal Gazette

    March 2024-Present

    Write articles on assignment for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind. Two feature stories in weekend editions.

  • Intern, Grace College Marketing

    May 2023-May 2024

    Wrote blogs and press releases for the Grace College website including student and alumni stories and informational content. Collaborated on solutions journalism-based community stories for Input Fort Wayne. Worked with other marketing team members on multimedia content including Instagram reels and posts.

    Lilly Center Feature - Input Fort Wayne

    Stephen Copeland Story

    Entrepreneurship Blog

  • Writer, The Sounding Board

    September 2022-May 2024

    Writing two or more articles per bi-monthly issue of the newspaper. Articles include student and faculty features, events, reviews and campus issues. Six articles featured on the front page.

    Hoopin’ for Hagen

    Dr. Flamm Inauguration

    Bowling Team

  • Journalist, Roots Magazine

    October 2022-May 2023

    Created all written content for bi-annual, student-led yearbook publication for fall 2022 and spring 2023 editions. Conducted interviews and distilled information into insightful short-form articles. Collaborated with team of photographers and graphic designers to design magazines. Edited all publication content.

Education

Grace College

Winona Lake, Ind.

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism

  • Anticipated Graduation: May 2026

  • GPA: 3.96

  • Dean’s List: Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

  • McClain Presidential Scholarship recipient

  • Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society

Relevant Classes

  • Journalistic Writing

  • Editing

  • Communication Theory

  • Practical Journalism

  • Writing for Publication

  • Intercultural Communication

Co-Curricular Activities

  • Winona Lake Grace Church, 2023-Present

    Leading youth grades 1-6 in song and teaching a small group of second graders

  • Grace College Theater Department, 2022-Present

    Singer, dancer and actor in Grace College productions

    Beth in “Little Women”

    Fiddler in “Fiddler on the Roof”