Work Experience

As Calgary Wildlife's Summer Social Media Assistant, I helped gather content and post on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Posts included patient spotlights, educational awareness PSA's, permanent resident spotlights and sneak peeks into the work that goes on behind the scenes at Calgary Wildlife.

I also assisted with writing blog posts for Calgary Wildlife's website and short pieces of content for local newsletters around Calgary. Blog posts and newsletter content included summer animal etiquette, patient updates, species spotlights, and various ways humans can work to peacefully coexist with wild neighbours.

As a Research Assistant for the Spot On Sustainability podcast, I serve as the producer for each episode. While collaborating with our host and editor, I help plan episode topics, reach out to potential guests, prepare appropriate questions and provide revision notes for the first drafts of episodes. 

I also am responsible for uploading each episode of the podcast in a timely manner for listeners to access. 

After serving six months as a Staff Writer, I was elected News Editor of The Reflector, Mount Royal University's (MRU) independent student newspaper and digital news outlet. I was re-elected for the position in April 2025. 

As the News Editor, I aimed to spotlight local stories for Calgary and MRU that concerned politics and current events, but occasionally ran stories on international affairs. I led a team of student writers from various disciplines to success by helping them find strong ideas to pitch, showing them how to write in Canadian Press Style, and ensuring they submitted high-quality stories to me on time. 

Additionally, I spearheaded The Reflector's first newsletter: A Reflection. Sent out biweekly alongside our newspaper publications, A Reflection spotlights one story from each section and provides an additional online presence for the outlet. 

For the summer of 2025, I had the pleasure of working as a Communications Summer Student for the Community Strategies Communications Team at The City of Calgary.

The Community Strategies Business Unit is focused on fostering an inclusive, accessible and equitable Calgary. By working with inner-City departments, community partners, City services and the public. Community Strategies works to develop strategies to improve mental well-being, promote the inclusion of diverse communities, remove systemic racism, and enhance safety for all Calgarians. 

While my role was outside the newsroom, it opened up a plethora of opportunities to learn new skills in corporate communications and municipal government. I was able to dip my toes into drafting strategic communications plans, writing news releases and internal employee profiles, conducting interviews and reviewing social media campaigns.