September 2010: Awarded one of Arizona's Top 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40
2010 Emmy-nominated in three categories:
General Assignment Report
Weather News Single Story
Team Coverage
08/2010-Present
General Assignment Reporter & Multimedia Journalist (MMJ)
Currently shoot my own video on a JVC700 and edit with Final Cut Pro.
Broke major developments in the case of an 8-year-old boy, from the rural Arizona town of St. Johns, who was accused of killing his father and another man.
2009 - Emmy-nominated for Continuing Coverage of St. Johns double murder.
2009 - Emmy-nominated for Spot News weather coverage
General Assignment Reporter
Occasional Fill-in Anchor for Weekend Morning Show
Broke major developments in the FBI’s largest public corruption investigation in El Paso history.
Broke major developments in the investigation into the National Center for Employment of the Disabled (NCED).
Immigration/Border Stories – often reported from Juarez, Mexico
The only El Paso reporter to cover Hurricane Katrina.
Associate Producer: Write copy and order graphics.
Produce Daily Cut-ins during “The Early Show”
Freelance Field Producer (picked up just a handful of shifts)
Freelance General Assignment Reporter
Freelance Reporter: Work with the City’s Public Information Office to produce stories on local issues, community activities, and City services.
FOX 10P Producer: Fast-Paced and intensive 45-minute newscast that blended top local, national, international, and feature stories.
Field Producer: Emmy-winning live “Team Coverage” of The Station Nightclub Fire.
Reporter: October 2002 Fashion Feature Series
2001 Winter Intern: Research and pitch story ideas, assist field crews.
06/2001-04/2002
Freelance Technician: Facilitated live guests and helped troubleshoot technical difficulties.
02/2000-06/2001
Intern: Research story ideas and assist field crew
Special: Created an archive and tape-log system for the 2000 election footage.
Production Intern: Assisted David Sutherland in post-production duties of logging, transcribing, and creating paper edit books, for Country Boys.
2009 Emmy-nominated for spot news weather coverage
2009 Emmy-nominated for continuing coverage of double murder in St. Johns, AZ
2006 Texas AP Award Winner “Behind the Border”
2006 New Mexico AP Award Winner “Behind the Border”
2006 Completed the FBI’s Citizen’s Academy
2006 Won the title “Best Dancing Anchor” in El Paso competing against 10 other on-air personalities in a community dancing competition.
2005 Became a certified fire journalist through the El Paso Police Department
2003 Field Producer during WPRI’s Emmy-win for “Team Coverage” of the Station Nightclub Fire
2002 Received the Outstanding Television Broadcaster Award from AI’s New England Institute of Art and Communication
2002 Produced, Edited, Shot, and Directed a 7-minute mini-documentary entitled Gentrification of Kendall Square that aired in February of 2002 on Cambridge Community Television (CCTV)
Computer & Non-Linear Editing: AVID, Final Cut Pro, INEWS
Camera: JVC 700, JVC 250, JVC 100
I can also edit “tape-to-tape”
Speak simple conversational Spanish
AI’s New England Institute of Art and Communication
2001-2002
Boston University, College of Communication
Summer Term 2000
Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences
Class of 1999
Bachelor of Science
Major: Political Science
Minor: International Studies
Dean’s List: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School
Miami, Florida
Class of 1995