Resume – Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
American University School of Communication
Masters in Journalism and Public Affairs – M.A. Candidate, August 2008
National University of Distance Education: School of Philosophy, Madrid, June 2007
BA, Social and Cultural Anthropology (Currently attending last year courses)
Complutense University of Madrid: School of Information Sciences, Madrid, June 2004
BA, Journalism
Courses:
• Theory and Practice of Photography, 40 hours;
• CEV Institute: Digital Post-production of Video: Avid, Non-Linear Video Editing, 120 hours
Employment Agency, Madrid, 2004
Writing and Broadcasting in Radio
AWARDS
Van Swearingen Award Scholarship, American University School of Communication
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Mac platforms, Avid (Composer, News Cutter), Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Movie Maker (Digital Video Edition); Photoshop, iPhoto, Quark Xpress, InDesign, Audacity (Audio Edition), Cyberduck, Dreamweaver, HomeSite (HTML, CSS,), different CMS.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Spanish: native
Fluent in English: TOEFL June 2006; Basic level French, Beginner’s Level Arabic.
Cambridge University, Cambridge, 2001
Certificate in Advanced English
Official Language School, Madrid, 2001
Elementary Cycle
Complutense Unversity Summer School, El Escorial, Madrid, 2001
Writing Communication Strategies in English
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
El Pais Washington D.C. Foreign Bureau
Intern (May 2008 – Present)
• Conduct research for the correspondents’ stories and reports
• Analyze news and events related to the U.S. presidential elections that can be of interest in Spain
New America Media – Blogs
Intern – Writer and Spanish-language media monitor (May 2008 – Present)
• Analyze and research Spanish-language media content in the United States
• Write Blog entries about the topics the Hispanic community is covering
WashingtonPost.com – World News
Intern (May – Aug. 2008)
• Conduct research for special reports and updates
• Write and edit photo captions for galleries
• Publish and produce content for the Web site through the different CMS
DC Community Reporting
Web site for Prof. Angie Chuang’s Race/Ethnicity and Community Reporting class of Spring 2008 and American University. Sponsored by AU SOC Center For Social Media.
Web site producer and developer (May 2008 – Present)
The American Observer
American University, Washington D.C. – School of Communication
Reporter, Webmaster, Copy Editor and Multimedia Editor (September 2007 – May 2008)
School of Communication Media Production Center
American University, Washington D.C.
Television and VTR Teaching Assistant – Video Editor Assitant (September 2007 – present)
American University, Madrid
Study Abroad Program Coordinator (September 2005- July 2007)
American University, Madrid
Editor in Chief and Graphic Designer
• Designing a 32-page student magazine, ¡Vale!, published in English (September 2005-present)
Telefónica de España, Madrid
Intern, Public Relations and Press Department (June 2005-November 2005)
• Writing articles for the company’s daily bulletin and monthly magazine, TeleVip
• Troubleshoot questions about Telefónica from English-speaking news correspondents.
Ayuni, Madrid
Weekly student oral magazine ( October 2002-June 2004)
Editor and writer of International Page
Cadena COPE Radio, Madrid
Intern, Production Assistant (July 2003-August 2003)
• Assist the sound technician and producer with various tasks during broadcast of two programs, Estamos en el Aire, and Hablemos de Caza y Pesca.
Center of Solidary Collaborations, Madrid
Intern, Public Relations and Press Department (March 2003-June 2004)
• Write articles for the weekly bulletin with a publication of more than 500 media organization world-wide.
• Published 11 articles in more than 80 publications in Latin America and the United States.
• Filing documents in the department’s archives.
Radio Empleo Madrid, Madrid
Student (October 2004-December 2004)
• Produce 200 hours of live broadcast to supplement theory portion of Writing and Broadcast course from the Employment Agency.
• Write scripts for 5 and 30-minute news segments, broadcasted every hour.
• Write scripts for a variety of shows about culture, cinema and popular music, including interviews of relevant people such as artists, politicians, and popular culture personalities.
