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Writer, Project Manager, Producer

Odyssey's social content platform crowdsources viewpoints from millennial thought leaders embedded in their local communities, surfacing a rich and otherwise untapped diversity of stories and real conversations to share on a worldwide scale with an audience hungry for a variety of perspectives. The platform empowers its thousands of writers to contribute what matters to them, and enables content to find its most relevant audience through organic social sharing. All Odyssey content undergoes a rigorous editorial process, leveraging the power of its proprietary MUSE technology combined with its editorial team. Odyssey, which launched online in 2014, is growing explosively with a highly engaged millennial and Gen Z audience. Based in New York and Indianapolis, Odyssey has a presence in over 350 communities nationwide, growing to 600 communities by year end.

I am currently a junior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst working towards a journalism major and spanish minor. I am a correspondent at the Massachusetts Daily Collegian and have experience writing for both print and digital media. Writing for the Daily Collegian, I have covered a wide range of topics, from homelessness and hunger to play reviews. I am well versed in social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest etc. and have created three fully functioning blog sites on both Blogger and Wordpress.|This spring semester of 2013, I am studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain at one of the top universities in Europe, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Here, I have taken full immersion classes, and greatly enhanced my Spanish speaking skills. I aim to one day be a fluent speaker and as of now am proficient in conversational Spanish. I have had the opportunity to gain experience writing articles and producing radio broadcasts in Spanish as well.|I am a dedicated, motivated, professional individual with a passion for journalism. I have excellent work ethic, work well with others and am capable of taking on leadership responsibilities. In the future, I hope to write feature articles for some of the worlds leading publications and to someday return to Spain as a correspondent.