Nicotine advertising targets teens

When I was working on this page, I knew design would be important because the whole story revolved around the way advertisements for nicotine products use eye-catching images to target teenagers. I decided to lean in to this idea by making the main focus of the page a dominant illustration of a high-interest topic, that […]
Baxa’s first 100 days

When 20-year McCallum veteran Anda Baxa was named principal, I wanted to give a creative spin to the story by having him review his progress in the four main categories of evaluation for AISD principals after his first 100 days in the role — similar to the way a president is evaluated at the beginning […]
Fighting fast fashion means slowing down

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NSPA Broadcast Journalist of the Year

never intended to go into journalism. As a kid, I wasn’t particularly gifted in writing and had little motivation towards academic pursuits. What I wanted to do was theatre. After a stellar performance as Toto in The Wizard of Oz in my second-grade school musical, I was certain that my destiny would play out on stage. Despite […]
KBTV Highlight Reel

While this portfolio focuses on my work on The Shield staff, this category offers an opportunity to highlight my growth by showing where my love of journalism began — the KBTV broadcast news staff at my middle school. After attending the Gloria Shields NSPA Media Workshop as an incoming sixth grader in beginning broadcast from […]