<aside> ✍🏼 Bilingual journalist-engineer with a passion for data, interactive storytelling and emerging technologies

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Get to know me

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I’m a Peruvian 🇵🇪 journalist-engineer doing front-end development and exploring uses of AI in journalism as a Hearst Developer Fellow based out of the San Francisco Chronicle.

My college coursework at NYU and work experience in journalism, data analysis, podcasting, and web development have shaped me as a multi-platform storyteller.

In my free time, you can find me watching Formula 1 🏎️, working on my upcoming podcast 🎙️ or running around San Francisco 🏃🏻‍♀️.

Highlights

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Interactives

An interactive visual essay about the people on world banknotes (Featured on the 2022 Information is Beautiful Awards’ long list and Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Top 10 in Data Journalism)

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Writing

Bylines in +15 American publications including USA TODAY, Gotham Magazine and Latina Magazine

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Podcasting

A podcast episode featuring CBS soccer reporter Jenny Chiu discussing diversity and inclusion in sports media (Show nominated to 2022 Webby Awards)

Work samples

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Skills

Technical

Web (JavaScript, React, TypeScript, D3, HTML, CSS, Python), Data Analysis (SQL, R, Python), Design ( Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Procreate), Artificial Intelligence (Langchain, Open AI API)

Languages

Bilingual in English and Spanish, conversational French, elementary Mandarin

Education

College

🎓 New York University, B.A. Journalism and Sociology, Cum Laude (Fall 2020)

🇨🇳 New York University Shanghai, Study Away Program (Spring 2019)

📚 Coursework in Data Journalism, Multimedia Reporting, Audio Engineering, Statistics for Social Research, Journalism in China

Certificates

🙇‍♀️ Foundations of User Experience Design by Google