4 Years

Eat Your World (3-5)

1. FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE: Editorial Assistant for Annual Cookbook

Worked with managing editor and copy editor during three-month project. Responsibilities included:researching, writing and editing contributor biography section; researching and writing recipes, as well as ingredient and product tips for margin boxes; helping organize 700 recipes into chapters and formatting for fit and clarity; fact checking wines and index; imputing changes. Experience with Excel and InCopy.

2. LIT LITERARY JOURNAL: Editorial Staff

3. URSA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC: Media Strategies

Oversaw and helped formulate positive message campaigns for various URSA/Tarragon joint venture projects in Hoboken, NJ, with particular focus on the NW Redevelopment Zone and the forthcoming Hoboken Community Center. Responsibilities included: writing and editing web content, newspaper and TV ads.

Word, Excel, Aperture, InCopy, Wordpress, Apple OS X

Photo Editing

MacBook Pro, Nikon D80, Aperture, Audio Recorder

Proficient in Spanish and French

1. Saucy By Nature recipe contest: Pork Loin with Tomato Apple Chutney

2. Food52.com recipe contest: Sardine Butter

Education:

1. THE NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY: Master of Fine Arts; Fiction Writing

2. INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION: Culinary Management Diploma

3. LE CORDON BLEU: Diploma in Basic CuisineIntensive

4. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Bachelor of Arts: English and Creative Writing

I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.