[email protected].,KansasCity,MO64108
EDUCATIONUniversityofMissouri-KansasCitySchoolofLaw,KansasCity,MO May2017 May2017JurisDoctorateCandidate
Honors:SecondCenturyScholar PhiAlphaPhiLegalHonorsSocietyLeadership: CommentEditor,UMKCLawReview/UrbanLawyer StudentEmissary,UMKCLawEmissaries
UniversityofMissouri-Columbia,Columbia,MO May2014 BachelorofJournalisminRadio/TVBroadcastJournalismBachelorofArtsinPoliticalScience
Honors:VicePresidentofStudentDevelopment,PiSigmaAlphaPoliticalScienceHonorsFraternityLeadership:JournalismFellowship,KMOX1120-St.LouisCBSNewsRadio–1of8studentsselected
AdministrativeVicePresident,GammaPhiBetaSorority StudyAbroad:DevelopingDynamicsofDemocracy,Brussels,Ireland,Netherlands
JOURNALISMEXPERIENCEKOMU-TVNews,Columbia,MO Fall2011-Spring2014Anchor,Reporter,StoryEditor&Web/SocialMediaEditor
• Gatheredinterviews,editedvideo,andconstructedscripts• CompetedagainstotherstudentstobecomeaLevel5Anchor
MissouriBusinessAlert,JeffersonCity,MO Fall2013-Spring2014Anchor,Editor,&Reporter
• Coveredtheonlinenewspublication’sLegislativeReport• BuiltanonlinevideoplatformtosharebusinessstoriesfromtheMissouricapital
KMOX-CBS1120,St.Louis/MissouriDigitalNews,JeffersonCity,MO Fall2012-Spring2014Anchor,Editor,&Reporter
• Gatheredinterviews,editedscripts,andrecordeddayturnradiostoriesfromtheMissouriSenateandMissouriHouseofRepresentatives
• WorkedunderafellowshiptoteachyoungerstudentshowtoreportonMissourilawmakersInvestigativeReporters&Editors,ColumbiaMO Spring2014Multi-PlatformInnovativeTeamMember
• Workedonadiverseteamofjournaliststodevelopamultiplatformsocialmediastructure
LEGALEXPERIENCEHRBlock,KansasCity,MO Spring2016TaxResearcher
• ImprovedresearchskillsbyquicklyexaminingandinterpretingtaxlawEllisonMootCourtCompetition,KansasCity,MO Spring2016Student
• PolishedpublicspeakingskillsthroughdebatingfortheUMKCMootCourtTeamHarshmanLawFirm,LLC,KansasCity,MO Fall2015LegalAssistant
• SharpenedwritingskillswithconsistentmotiondraftingAssistantUnitedStatesAttorney’sOffice-WesternDistrictofTexas,ElPaso,TX Summer2015LegalStudentIntern
• Gainedfirsthandfederalexperienceresearchinglegalquestionsanddraftingmemorandums,motions,answerstomotions,etc.
VOLUNTEERBigBrothersBigSisters,KansasCity,MO Spring2015-Spring2016HabitatforHumanity,KansasCity,MO Fall2016
