my audio process is guided by curiosity and close attention. i record atmosphere and tiny gestures to sculpt scenes balancing voice and sound to immerse listeners.

  • I co-produced, recorded, and edited The Stakes Explained, a UC Berkeley video-podcast series with Shereen Marisol Meraji that breaks down Trump-era executive orders through conversations with scholars and community experts. It aired on KALW and reached 80K listeners.

  • I produced, recorded, and edited the Future of Women podcast, a series I launched that’s now heard in 54 countries. Across 20+ episodes with 50+ guests, I shaped interviews that surfaced intimate climate stories, guided conversations with artists transforming public space, and captured nuanced narratives from Latinx creators redefining immigrant representation.

  • I produced, recorded, and edited the World Bank EdTech Podcast, a series I launched in 2020 that’s now heard in 175 countries. Across 65+ episodes with 200+ guests, I scripted and directed conversations with policymakers, educators, and entrepreneurs—from rolling out educational TV across Punjab, Pakistan, to expanding access to AI education with the MIT Media Lab. I also supported the EdTech team’s broader storytelling, managing video, podcast, and social content to raise global awareness of the World Bank’s work in education and entrepreneurship.

Sample Episodes

Virtual and XR laboratories are an option to give students in developing countries pedagogical experiences necessary to develop practical skills. I speak with Namseoul University in Korea and World Bank colleagues. I produced, hosted, recorded, and edited the episode.

 

The World Bank EdTech team has been discussing what we think will be some of the most common and challenging questions for 2023. I speak with the team. I produced, recorded, and edited the episode.

 

World Health Organization Audiovisual Producer Marta Soszyńska is shaping the storytelling from WHO at the height of COVID. I speak with her about her process during this high visibility time. I produced, hosted, and edited the episode.

 

Lebanese-Armenian attorney Natalie Samarjian is advocating for greater journalistic integrity as ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh intensifies. I produced, hosted, recorded, and edited the episode.

 

UC Berkeley Professor Travis Bristol speaks about the impact of President Trump’s education executive orders focused on race and gender in educational settings. Senior Researcher at Lawrence Hall of Science Eric Greenwald speaks about the impact of the executive orders on making science education accessible to all children. Listen to the episode on KALW. I helped produce, record, and edit the episode.

 

Berkeley Law Professor David Hausman speaks about the impact of President Trump’s executive orders on deportation. El Tímpano founder Madeline Bair speaks about the impact of the orders on its Spanish and Mam readers. Professor Cristina Mora speaks about the impact of the orders on how activists, bureaucrats, and the media think about being Latinx in America. Listen to the full episode on KALW. I helped produce, record, and edit the episode.