Following graduation from The University of Georgia in May 2014, I took the plunge and moved up to New York City from Atlanta for my current job at Inside Edition, television's longest-running, top-rated, and most-honored syndicated newsmagazine. I couldn't be happier to have moved to this city that inspires me everyday. As a multimedia journalist, I have an undergraduate degree in Digital and Broadcast Journalism, a minor in French, and certification in New Media Studies and Business Professionalism. Additionally, I have a passion for helping young professionals brand themselves in a very competitive job market by building custom online portfolios with my own business, The Dean's List. A portion of the profits help empower women and provide sustainable solutions for the disenfranchised living in the Khwisero District of Western Kenya. My passion for meeting people, international culture, travel, storytelling, technology, and diversity of life experiences are hard to go unnoticed. 

 

I always make the best of every opportunity while trying to touch the lives of every person I meet along the way--a core belief that has been instilled in me ever since I can remember. My family's nonprofit, Habitat Aid Initiative, has been dedicated to alleviating poverty since 2003-building girls' schools, wells, and clinics in the Western Province, Kenya. Even at 16 years old, I fundraised over $26,000 for a terminally ill faculty member at Milton High School in Alpharetta, fueling my desire to help others and rally people together for important causes. Since then, I have lived and interned in France at Terre des Langues, traveled to 5 continents, and worked with journalists from over the world at Inside Edition, Viacom, CNN, CBS, FOX, NBC, and their affiliates--all while staying extremely involved and keeping over a 3.6 GPA at UGA. Born on the Fourth of July in Alpharetta, Georgia, I'm an  independent American woman that loves skiing, dancing, singing, speaking French, and fireworks. 

 

I live by 5 things:

1.        Empower others.

   2.        Always be positive.

  3.        Everyone matters.

       4.        Think before you act.

                                5.        Be proactive and go the extra mile.