Education

2024

Executive MBA・University of Pittsburgh

・Research practicum on artificial intelligence in local news

University of Pittsburgh

2022

Online News Association national conference attendee ・ Los Angeles

2019

SRCCON:Lead attendee ・ Philadelphia

Online News Association national conference volunteer ・ New Orleans

2018

Facebook Membership Accelerator ・ Austin

Online News Association national conference attendee (Steal my notes) ・ Austin

News Revenue Hub training on membership ・ Philadelphia & Denver

SXSW speaker and attendee (Steal my notes) ・ Austin

PolitiFact Palooza attendee ・ Poynter ・ St. Petersburg, Fla.

Newsletter Unconference attendee ・ Lenfest Institute ・ Philadelphia

2017

Women’s Leadership Accelerator fellow ・ Online News Association ・ Los Angeles, New York City, & Washington, D.C.

Women’s Leadership Accelerator

Online News Association national conference attendee (Steal my notes) ・ Washington, D.C.

National Association of Black Journalists national conference job recruiter ・ New Orleans

Online News Association local leader training attendee ・ New Orleans

2016

Selected participant, Northrop Boot Camp for local government reporting ・ Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association ・ Harrisburg, Pa.

2013

New local officers training ・ Communications Workers of America ・ Baltimore

2012

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism ・ The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, Pa.

・Led the independent, student-run news organization, The Daily Collegian, in addition to being a full-time student

・Studied journalism and editing, multi-platform storytelling, poetry, women’s studies, and Italian

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(Photo by Jill Knight)

2008

Graduate ・ Hopewell Senior High School

Hopewell Hi-Lites Editor-in-Chief; studied Latin for 5 years; co-captain of girls’ varsity tennis team and three-time letter-earner