Present
Executive Assistant.
MamaBear Books.
March 2025 – Present
Assisting production tasks and marketing development, including creation of A+ marketing content for Amazon, market research, copyright and LCCN filing.
2023–2025
Graduate Assistant.
Big Shoulders Books.
August 2023 – Present
​Performing publishing assistant duties include proofreading, copyediting, copywriting, event planning (including One Book One Chicago author reading), production coordination, presenting introductory presentations for coordinating courses, research and coordination for upcoming projects, in addition to social media management, digital organization and file management, inventory management, SOP development
2025
Editor in Chief.
Crook & Folly Literary Magazine. (DePaul University)
2024–2025
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Collaborating with art department, training and team development, submission reading, staffing, web management, communication, event planning, coordinating editorial tasks and production
2023
Dual-Role Publishing Assistant.
University of Cincinnati Press.
2021 – 2023
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As Open Access Publishing Assistant:
Developing infrastructure for new grant program, managing applicant process and records, creating reports summarizing open access publishing trends across accredited universities nationwide, writing copy and developing style guide for open access program, creating training materials for recipients of grant program, managing open educational resource production schedules, managing web content using Adobe Experience Manager and Microsoft Sharepoint, creating promotional materials and training presentations advocating for the use of open access material and accessibility compliance
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As Production Assistant/Coordinator:
Creating and managing production schedule for multiple trade and academic titles, proofreading and copyediting, correspondence and staffing tasks concerning freelancers and vendors, production tasks including copyright and LCCN filing, developing marketing copy alongside authors, managing author expectations and assisting with miscellaneous tasks assigned to authors
2023
Editorial Assistant.
Acre Books. (University of Cincinnati)
2022 – 2023
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Submission reading and review of unsolicited manuscript submissions of prose
education.
2023
BA
4.0 GPA
University of Cincinnati
Majors:
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Rhetoric and Professional Writing
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Creative Writing
Certificate: Copyediting & Publishing
Minor: Asian Studies
2025
MFA
4.0 GPA
DePaul University
Program: Creative Writing and Publishing
Awards:​
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Thesis Awarded Distinction
awards.
Annual Summer Contest - Fiction Winner
(Solstice Literary Magazine)
Awarded in 2025, selected by Helen Elaine Lee (short fiction story, “Hummingbirds”)
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Certificate of Academic Achievement
(Department of English, DePaul University)
Awarded in both 2024 and 2025 to recognize adept student workers.
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Outstanding Graduate Student Award
(Writing and Publishing Program, DePaul University)
Awarded in 2025 to recognize a distinguished student of each graduate program
Robinson Essay Prize - Third Prize
(English Department, University of Cincinnati)
Awarded in 2022 for outstanding essay submission (lyrical essay, “al sharpton”)
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