Times Staff Writer

A 5-foot-2, ambitious and feisty journalist, probably chasing a crime story I’m a metro intern at Tampa Bay Times based in its Pasco and Hernando bureaus. I graduated with a journalism degree from University of Florida in May 2019. I served as the spring 2019 editor-in-chief of The Independent Florida Alligator, one of the largest independent student-run newspapers. I was a crime and justice intern at the Chicago Tribune in summer 2018. I also previously served a general assignments internship at The Gainesville Sun and a breaking news and crime internship at The Palm Beach Post. I’ve also held the positions as the engagement managing editor, freelance editor, UF administration reporter and student government reporter at The Alligator.

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