Experience
Fifteen years building communications muscle in newsrooms, non-profits, and the room where the call is made.
- 2025–Present
Head of Media, Communications, and Public Relations
Latinx MBA Association
Advise executive and board leadership during sensitive partnership and programming discussions, framing data-driven recommendations, anticipating stakeholder concerns, and identifying operational risks. Prepared the CEO for a fireside chat series spanning 40 partner organizations, and led two national campaigns that contributed to a 41% increase in Latinx MBA Summit attendance from 2024 to 2025. Build press materials, newsletters, executive messaging, and board communications, and deliver media training that increased spokesperson readiness across organizational leadership.
- 2025–Present
Board Member, External Affairs
Westside Infant-Family Network (WIN LA)
Advise leadership on external affairs, brand positioning, and donor communications for a family-serving organization in Los Angeles. Built repeatable communications frameworks, relaunched fundraising after a three-year pause, and led the first AI-supported fundraising initiative to re-engage stakeholders and expand the donor pipeline. Led this as an organizational change effort, establishing new communications processes and tracking donor engagement metrics to guide continuous improvement after the multi-year pause.
- 2026
Strategic Planning & Business Development
Bilingual Sounds (Contract)
Set growth and brand strategy for the only Latin Alt radio station in Southern California. Directed audience positioning, partner development, and bilingual content strategy that expanded reach into underrepresented Latino listener markets.
- 2023
Marketing Consultant
Cordea Consulting (Contract)
Advised healthcare and technology clients in the UAE on market realignment and go-to-market positioning. Led data analysis and first-hand market research across global strategy shifts, pairing client research with product and operational knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems such as Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH, McKesson, Allscripts, and Siemens.
- 2023
Strategic Marketing Consultant
SPARK Neuro
Led customer research, sentiment analysis, and competitive market assessments that informed executive communications, go-to-market strategy, and brand positioning for the neurotechnology company. Partnered with executive leadership to refine product positioning and customer messaging, supporting a strategic market repositioning that avoided approximately $5M in projected costs. Translated customer insights into executive presentations, marketing narratives, sales enablement materials, and stakeholder communications.
- 2021–2022
News & Documentary Emmy Award Recipient
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Recognized for outstanding work on the daily national news program CBS Mornings, including ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2019–2025
Lead National Producer
Paramount Global (CBS News)
Led editorial coverage of approximately 400 stories annually, serving as lead producer for roughly 50 national breaking news events each year, including the Palisades and Eaton fires and the first confirmed U.S. COVID-19 case. Developed scripts, editorial messaging, and executive briefing materials that translated rapidly evolving events into clear communications for audiences of more than 15 million. Coordinated cross-functional editorial, production, and field teams, advising senior leadership on high-impact editorial decisions. Promoted from Associate Producer to Lead National Producer, expanding responsibility for bilingual national coverage across the U.S. and Latin America. Coverage aired across CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News, CBS Weekend News, CBS Saturday Morning, and CBS News 24/7. Operated as a strategic communications function within a large, complex enterprise, coordinating priorities across editorial, production, and executive leadership at national scale.
- 2019
Contributed to News Emmy-Winning Newscast Team
KTLA
Contributed to a News Emmy-winning newscast team, reinforcing a track record of high-caliber editorial work under deadline pressure.
- 2016–2019
News Producer
KTLA News
Directed coverage of nationally significant breaking news events, including the Camp Fire, Santa Barbara mudslides, the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting, and the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, making real-time editorial and logistical decisions under extreme deadline pressure. Leveraged regional knowledge to guide team positioning and coverage strategy during fast-moving crisis events. Supervised election coverage across evening newscasts for one of Southern California's largest television audiences, driving an 18% increase in viewership over three years.
Capabilities
What I bring to a Communications Director role.
A function that ties strategy, story, and systems together, built to operate in the news cycle and the boardroom with the same discipline.
Executive Communications
- CEO & C-Suite Communications
- Executive Messaging & Talking Points
- Executive Visibility & Event Strategy
- Media Training
Public & Media Relations
- National Media Relations
- Press Materials & Briefings
- Reporter Engagement
- English & Spanish Communications
Crisis & Editorial
- Crisis Communications
- Breaking News Editorial Leadership
- Rapid-Response Messaging
- Reputation Management
Strategy & Stakeholders
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Editorial Strategy
- Board & Partnership Communications
Strategic Initiatives & Program Leadership
- Program & Project Management
- Roadmap Development
- Goal Setting & KPI Development
- Organizational Change Management
- Cross-Org Alignment
- Continuous Improvement
- Project & Workflow Tools (Notion)