Experience

Communications & Digital Organizer
Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings, Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO · Fresno, CA
2026 – Present

• Develop and execute digital communications and organizing strategy to advance union campaigns. Create and distribute a wide range of content, including press releases, email/SMS blasts, social media and campaign literature.

• Manage digital outreach through community engagement to mobilize support. Produce multimedia assets, flyers, short-form videos and website content to document events and amplify worker stories.

• Organize workshops and social events for the Empowerment Institute. Manage myunionworks.com and powerwithpeople.org.

• Previously served as Engagement Coordinator (2024–2026)

Freelance Design + Photography
2018 – Present
Clients include:

News outlets:

Fresnoland
The Objective
Modesto Focus
Merced Focus

Misc
Camino Athletes
Central Valley Partnership
Lambda Sigma Gamma Event & Headshots
Mindful Indulgence
Design Friends

Advertising Design Manager – Mustang Media Group – San Luis Obispo, CA
2020 – 2021
Coordinated with PR, advertising and editorial departments to assemble monthly editions and online projects. Led advertising design team and delegated design projects and tasks. Developed custom WordPress website.

Advertising Graphic Designer – Mustang Media Group – San Luis Obispo, CA
2018 – 2020
Collaborated with Advertising Executives to design campaign deliverables for recurring and prospective clients. Laid out advertisements appropriately in the weekly newspaper and special edition magazines.

Editorial Graphic Designer – CP Mustang News – San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 – 2021
Collaborated with designers, photographers, and editors to produce print layouts and online graphics for the monthly newspaper. Designed data visualizations and illustrations formatted for a variety of social media channels.
Produced illustrations for stories including Spilling trauma: Students from marginalized backgrounds feel pressured to write about hardship; In six weeks, 469 students got COVID-19. Cal Poly's coronavirus dashboard won't tell you that; and What it's like being an essential worker for these students.

Graphic Designer – Cal Poly Campus Health & Wellbeing – San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 – 2020

Skills & Software

Design: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), WordPress, Drupal, HTML/CSS, Carrd, Figma
CRM & Tools: Nationbuilder, Solidarity Tech, CiviCRM, Salesforce, Twilio, Mailchimp, Canva
Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, BlueSky, Threads, LinkedIn
Capabilities: Content calendars, community management, paid ads, analytics, social media content creation, email/SMS blasts, newsletter templates, website management

Education

California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, CA
2018 – 2022
Bachelor of Science: Graphic Communication | Design Reproduction Technology (DRT) Concentration
Magna Cum Laude
Activities: Percussion Ensemble, Mat Pica Pi, Web, Media and Marketing Coordinator –Web, Media and Marketing Coordinator

Specialty Projects Intern – University Graphic Systems – San Luis Obispo, CA
2019 – 2019
Redesigned substrate kanban system and organizational chart. Utilized bindery equipment for post-press and large-format printing projects.

Sanger High School – Sanger, CA
2014 – 2018
Digital Arts & Media Pathway | Valedictorian
Activities: Winter Percussion, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, FMCMEA Honor Band, History Day, Academic Decathlon, Journalism

Education Awards & Honors

Guy H. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Endowment Recipient (2021)
Quad/Graphics Eric Steinbach Scholarship Recipient (2020)
Hans Veeder K/P Corporation Scholarship Recipient (2019)
Cal Poly President's List – Awarded 7 times

Awards & Achievements

College Media Business and Advertising Managers
1st Place Best Designer in the Nation 2021
1st Place Self Promo Website 2021

California College Media Association
1st Place Best Newspaper Front Page Design 2021
1st Place Newspaper Spread Design 2021
3rd Place Online Advertisement 2021

Associated Collegiate Press
1st Place Media Kit 2021
2nd Place Print Advertisement 2021
2nd Place Online Advertisement 2021
1st Place Advertising Supplement 2019