I am an alumna of Duke University with a degree in biology and global health and a minor in computational biology & bioinformatics. At Duke, I was a University Scholar, Margolis Scholar and QuestBridge Scholar. I graduated with distinction with a thesis titled Telemedicine utilization by North Carolina farmworkers: a content analysis. I obtained my Master of Public Health in health policy at The George Washington University, where I was a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society. I hold the Certified in Public Health designation from the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

My topic interests include health outcomes research, health care and drug pricing, and policies that affect quality of care and access to services.

I supported multiple research projects as a student, completing data entry, analyzing data, designing and performing literature searches, submitting IRB protocols and co-authoring publications. I designed independent research studies in school and at the workplace, determining the scope and methodology and identifying major takeaways. I have delivered recommendations to clients based on my data analyses and research, resulting in updated federal regulations and nonprofit operations. I have also presented at conferences, including the North Carolina Public Health Association Fall Educational Conference and the Social Mission Alliance Conference.

Additional leadership experience includes serving as Director of Communications for Duke's Student Collaborative on Health Policy and Education & Advocacy Chair for the GW Public Health Student Association. With SCOHP, I managed the newsletter and web presence for the organization. With PHSA, I coordinated in-person and virtual academic events and spearheaded a fundraiser for Aaliyah in Action, through which we funded ten care kits for families.

Since 2020, I have been a breast health advocate. In 2024, I became an Advocacy Ambassador with the Susan G. Komen Center for Public Policy. In this role, I connect with state and federal legislators and Congressional staff to advocate for more accessible care and research funding. Several legislators have signed on to relevant policies as a result. I have also written for multiple publications about this issue, citing academic research, large datasets, interviews, and personal anecdotes.

At Duke, I taught the house course “Durham Middle School Outreach” in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. Undergraduates who teach house courses undergo an extensive application process including submission of resumes and course syllabi. The course covered pedagogy, sociology, and local history and involved a service component with Durham Public Schools. As course instructor I presented slides, designed activities, worked with guest speakers, and led group discussions.

I was a staff writer for The Academic, a publication on student life, and later joined Affinity Magazine, writing about pop culture and current events. In 2019 I was promoted to assistant culture editor and eventually books editor. As books editor, I reviewed middle grade through adult books and facilitated the magazine’s relationship with publishers including SparkPoint, Granity Studios, and HarperCollins. My reviews have been highlighted on Amazon and social media.

I worked at The Chronicle, Duke’s student newspaper, from matriculation to graduation. In that time, I served as managing editor and digital strategy director, received recognition from the North Carolina Open Government Coalition and Associated Collegiate Press, used data to support my reporting, advocated for improved web accessibility, and wrote over 100 articles. As of 2025, I am now on the Board of Directors of the Duke Student Publishing Company which operates The Chronicle. I was also co-president of Duke's chapter of Her Campus.

In summer 2022, I interned on the North Carolina investigations desk for McClatchy News, covering health and policy for The Charlotte Observer and attending IRE22. The following year, I was a data reporting intern with Chalkbeat, where I analyzed data in spreadsheets and used HTML and CSS to develop graphics. I was a 2022-23 ProPublica Emerging Reporter fellow and a 2021 recipient of the organization's Diversity Scholarship. My involvement in these programs allowed me to attend NICAR21 and NICAR23 and receive training from ProPublica journalists.

Since 2022, I have completed freelance assignments for news outlets and brands.

• Policy analysis
• Data analysis (Excel, Power Query, Google Sheets, R, Python, Stata)
• Database querying (SQL)
• Data visualization (Tableau, Datawrapper, Flourish, HTML/CSS)
• Programming (Python, R, SQL)
• Copyediting
• Reporting
• Literature reviews
• Drafting IRB protocols
• Article writing
• Memo writing
• Interviewing
• Presentations