RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE	Editorial Director, BrainPOP.com                                                              March 2006 - Present     -Planned, wrote, and edited scripts and features for BrainPOP's animated movies     -Managed daily activities of BrainPOP writers, interns, and fact-checker     -Coordinated with production, marketing, and PR departments to plan BrainPOP initiatives     -Served as point person for all editorial projects Production Editor, Discover                                                           August 2004 - February 2006     -Designed layouts for monthly departments and supervised art delivery to prepress dept.     -Managed text flow, page routing, copy changes, and design revisions on all articles     -Coordinated file packaging and transfers between editorial depts. and prepress     -Wrote articles for news and reviews sections, as well as several department columns Reporter/Researcher, Discover                                                                  June 2001 - July 2004     -Reported and wrote regular science news briefs for Discover and Discover.com     -Performed research and fact-checking duties for Discover feature articles and departments     -Edited "Ask Discover" news column; occasionally edited "Sky Lights" astronomy column     -Wrote reviews of science-related books, websites, toys, shows, and gadgets Assistant Editor, Aviation Week's AviationNow.com                                    January - June 2001     -Edited e-newsletter, career channel, quizzes, and calendars for AviationNow.com     -Re-purposed Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine content for Internet use     -Wrote occasional aviation and space news stories for AviationNow.com Staff Writer, SPACE.com                                                                           March - October 2000     -Wrote more than 75 articles on astronomy and space-related news     -Produced the site's space colleges section, fact pages, and several image galleries Assistant Editor, Science World                                                             June 1999 - March 2000     -Performed editing duties for the science classroom magazine, Science World     -Wrote regular feature and news articles for Science World     -Co-wrote and edited Science World teacher editions
EDUCATION	Brown University, Providence, RI                                                                              1995 - 1999 Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI                                                                  1998 Coursework in Graphic Design School of Visual Arts, New York, NY                                    & nbsp;                         2007 - 2008 Coursework in Jewelry Design
SKILLS	Computer:  Proficient in both Windows and Macintosh environments Internet: Created various websites; HTML proficient; Nexis and other search tools Graphics: Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, etc. Photography: Proficient in development of black & white film and prints Languages: Conversational Spanish and Catalan
AFFILIATIONS	National Association of Science Writers - Member National Geographic Society - Member Young New Yorkers' Chorus - Tenor, board member, webmaster New York Baseball Giants Nostalgia Society - Member, webmaster
ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS	Sports include baseball, squash, skiing, volleyball, cycling, and tennis. Hobbies include travel, photography, music, reading, film, and blogging.