Experience

2021-2026 / The Washington Post; Washington, D.C.

Design Editor: Edited visuals for variety of coverage areas — national, investigative, metro, health, wellness and science — with focus on digital design; staff management and development; team initiatives

2012-2021 / The Washington Post; Washington, D.C.

Art Director/Designer: Print (Magazine, Sunday Metro, Sunday Business, A1, projects), web (custom, interactive, Ellipsis, social), design committee

2009-2012 / Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sports Design Director: Staff management and editing, art direction, page design

Assistant News Editor: Page design, templates

2004-2009 / Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sports Designer: Page design, copy editing

2003-2004 / Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sports Copy Editor: Copy editing, page design

2000-2003 / Sun Sentinel; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Editorial Assistant: Statistics, copy editing, phones

Freelance Reporter: Community sports

1998-2000 / The Beacon; Miami, Fla.

Sports Editor/Reporter: Staff management, art direction, page design, copy editing, writing

Recognition

Society for News Design / Member of leadership team that helped win World’s Best Digital Design in 2025. Award of Excellence for Design Editing portfolio in 2025. Several awards for print and web as Designer and Art Director, including Awards of Excellence for portfolio entries in 2014 and 2015, and a Silver Medal for cover design in 2020.

Society of Publication Designers / Design Editor on Try This, which won a Gold Medal in 2025 for Podcasts: Supplemental Art.

American Society of Magazine Editors / Designer and Art Director for Post Magazine special issue that won an Ellie Award, the Post’s first, at the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.

Pulitzer Prize / Design Editor on Washington Post finalist for illustrated reporting and commentary in 2024. Designer on Sun Sentinel series that won a gold medal for public service journalism in 2013.

Industry

2020 / Society for News Design; St. Petersburg, Fla.

Features judge at the 41st Best of News Design competition

2022 / The Poynter Institute; Washington, D.C.

Leadership training to coach managers on setting priorities, handling difficult conversations and bringing out the best in their teams

Education

1997-2000 / Florida International University; Miami, Fla.

Studied journalism and English

Sports Editor/Reporter at The Beacon, FIU’s student newspaper 

1993-1997 / Miami Senior High School; Miami, Fla.

Graduated in June 1997

Technical

Computer / Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft programs, operating systems (Mac OS, Windows), CMS (Ellipsis, Methode, CCI), Arc, WordPress, Figma, some CSS, HTML and JavaScript

Bilingual / English and Spanish