Personal Statement

Throughout my college and professional career I have gained many diverse and valuable experiences that have helped prepare me for a career in

DeKnight as showrunner with the creator of the show, Drew Goddard, serving as consultant. Prolific television directors Phil Abraham, Stephen Surjik, and Euros Lyn also return in helming certain episodes.

There are few certainties of what one will encounter during life. A common joke names two: death and

exercising my intelligence, creativity, and social skills. I was able to see first-hand this side of the field

After obtaining my M.F.A., I joined AmeriCorps and volunteered as the Media Specialist for an urban farm in Atlanta. During this time I produced a commercial for the company, coordinated a live social media campaign for “Growing Hope” with MSNBC and produced a spot on

The organization I worked for was Fox34. It is a Fox affiliate television station in Lubbock, Texas. I worked from January 23 to May 8, 2017. I was assigned to write scripts for the 9 o’clock show, which included writing a vosot, which is a voice over and an interview along with video. I wrote full screens, which are just a script with no video. I also got to edit videos for the show. Most of them went with the vosots that I wrote. I was assigned to write for the web. I would take the broadcast script and adapt it for online purposes. I got to time the show in the control panel. Also, I got to go to interviews and events with the reporters. My supervisors included Henry Ramos, Anthony Hall, and Audra Coffman. The area of media and communication

Take advantage of the technology used by leading minds in the medical, scientific, business, and space field on a daily

Alongside technical writing, my portfolio includes work for Hyper Japan and Eat-Japan, which respectively aim to promote Japanese culture and food to the UK. All of this work had to straddle an eye watering array of demographics, from anime fanatics to whiskey connoisseurs. For dealing with this challenge, my career roots at the Nikkei newspaper and Mail Online, where I helped to manage pitches and for clients as diverse as Mulberry, the Qatar Foundation, and ITV, definitely came in

Rosie learned that she was the proud owner of an Eastern Box Turtle! Excitement radiated about her as she identified the species of her turtle from the online turtle forums we found. We had spent Tuesday afternoons together, at first with the simple expectation that I would teach her and other seniors how to create an e-mail account. But what began as a tutoring session quickly became a two-way flow of ideas. We spent our afternoons talking about [her life and what she enjoyed doing] and then “inventing” new technologies that we dreamed up and designed. I met many seniors like Rosie that did not have her infectious enthusiasm, but did need new innovations to help them [in their daily life and to remain connected to the outside world.]

The showrunner Lara Azzopardi and I worked together on Martin Gero's The LA Complex and we had a total "showmance." I adore Lara.​ We vowed to work together on every project for all time ever. When Backstage was greenlit, she asked me to come on board as her right-hand woman. Best experience of my life. She will also be directing my feature film The Swearing Jar, shooting later this year and produced by my sister-in-law Jane Loughman! (David finally got something right.)

Misinterpretation of the term technology has been a reoccurring issue in society, as individuals often link that term to an actual hardware. Although this interpretation has been accurate to an extent, it does not determine the other aspects of technology. Technology has been continually expanding, which led to new and improved knowledge on science and society. Additionally, technological determinism reflects the notion that societal changes are stimulated by modifications in technology. In the TED Talk recording, Gail Reed highlights the advanced knowledge students have acclaimed through traveling to Cuba. Furthermore, she exemplifies the growing need for more doctors in rural communities.

Moreover, I participated in media and journalism enrichment programs at KYW Newsradio, CBS News, and WHYY. During this time, I was able expand my knowledge in journalism through different forums such as photojournalism, television, radio, print, and documentary filmmaking. Being involved in these companies prepared me to work as a team player while also taking pride in the work that I accomplished.

On October 21, 2014, University leadership requested a report that evaluates the health of innovation and entrepreneurial activities at Johns Hopkins and contains recommendations for how to strengthen activities. This report contains a review of the types and developmental stage of technologies that are present at the University, resources that currently exist to support entrepreneurial success among researchers, as well as recommendations for how to move forward to strengthen our current system and increase our high-value technology offerings.

My new journey of self-discovery makes me crave for a direction in life. My ambition for finding it holds me in my thoughts every night while looking out my window, thinking about what I can create, so I can help the people around me. I found a sense of direction in my school’s Explore Program, which lends me advice from various industry experts as well as tours of places such as the Fermilab and the Microsoft Technology Center. These havens that combine brilliant minds with amazing technology showed this introvert the endless possibilities of the world. I discovered that the introspection needed to make this revelation can also give us a glimpse into the hidden amazingness of the world, and perhaps each of us can find something secretly important in ourselves with it.

Two years and an Associate’s degree later, I transferred to Phillip Merrill College of Journalism (University of Maryland College Park) to study broadcasting. There, I learned the tricks of the journalism trade; how to shoot, write, produce, and report news. I took TV/radio broadcasting classes, and studied media law and media ethics. The more I