• Conceptualized & designed narrative-driven audio project covering taboo topics through intimate conversations that reaches hundreds of thousands of listeners each week through broadcast and podcast

  • Hosts, edits and produces award-winning weekly radio show distributed by PRX that airs on numerous stations around the country including Houston Public Media, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KJZZ, Connecticut Public Radio, WBUR, South Carolina Public Radio & Blue Ridge Public Radio

  • Hosts, edits and produces sound-rich, listener-driven weekly, narrative podcast

Creator, Host & Executive Editor
Embodied
Podcast and Radio Show North Carolina Public Radio
WUNC
Durham, North Carolina

July 2019-present

  • Supervises editor of Embodied and serves as editorial leas for a team of multiple producers and an intern

  • Moderates panels and hosts live events for WUNC to bring in new, diverse audiences

Managing Editor of On Demand

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Durham, North Carolina

January 2021-present

Managing Editor & Producer
The State of Things
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC 
Durham, North Carolina     

2014-December 2020

  • Oversaw daily editorial direction and production of the most-listened to public radio talk show in NC

  • Supervised three producers and a technical director: making show assignments, assuring diversity in daily programming, leading partnerships, collaborations and live, remote broadcast events

  • Booked, researched and produced hundreds of live radio segments about the arts, culture, people and politics of NC

Regular Host 
The State of Things
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Durham, North Carolina

2017-December 2020

  • Hosted a daily, hour-long live program featuring conversations with multiple in-studio and remote guests about topics ranging from state politics to immigration, education and culture 

  • Launched and hosted “Embodied: Conversations About Sex, Relationships & Your Health,” a recurring series that aired once a week that is now its own standalone radio show

  • Wrote show billboard and scripts for live hosting 

  • Built show’s digital presence through hosting Facebook lives, Instagram stories and Twitter engagement 

Founder, Host & Producer 
She & Her
WHUP
Hillsborough, North Carolina

2015-July 2020

  • Co-hosted, produced and edited 83 episodes of an interview-driven podcast that explored the lives of millennial women in the South exploring themes of politics, culture, music and identity

  • Managed show’s social media, web presence, podcast uploads and analytics and intern

Editor
The Double Shift
Durham, North Carolina
2019-2022

  • Provided editorial & creative guidance for podcast challenging the status quo of motherhood in America

  • Consulted with host and senior producer to shape narrative-driven episodes for seasons themed around unconventional families; how the pandemic shaped motherhood; and how mental health challenges and economic hardship shape parenting in the post-pandemic climate

  • Facilitated and recorded dozens of StoryCorps interviews around the country and produced numerous pieces from those interviews for NPR’s Morning Edition and Weekend Edition

  • Hired and managed interns; providing editorial, research and administrative guidance

Production Assistant
StoryCorps
Brooklyn, New York

2011-2014         

Awards

2024
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2023
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
2015, 2016, 2017

Education & Professional Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. with Highest Honors, Women’s Studies and International Studies, Phi Beta Kappa Honors 
Online News Association's Women Leadership Accelerator 2023
Asian-American Journalists Association