EDUCATION

University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, College Park, Md.
Master of Journalism, expected December 2005
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, December 2002
University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
Foreign-exchange student, 2001-'02

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

• USAToday.com, Weather section intern, McLean, Va., January 2005 to present
Monitor wire stories, compile content packages and write original weather-related stories.
• Takoma Voice/Silver Spring Voice, Freelance writer, Takoma Park, Md., September 2004 to present
Cover Takoma Park City Council and general assignment news for monthly publication in the Takoma Park, Silver Spring area.
• Laurel Leader, Freelance writer, Laurel, Md., September 2004 to December 2004
Covered general assignment news and features for weekly publication serving the Laurel area.
• The Prince George's Post, Freelance writer, Upper Marlboro, Md., September 2004 to December 2004
Covered general assignment news for weekly publication serving Prince George's County.
• PublicAsian, Freelance writer, College Park, Md., September 2004 to December 2004
Covered news for monthly publication serving the Asian-American community of the University of Maryland.
• The Lowell, Reporter, Editor, Photographer, Editor in chief, San Francisco, Calif., 1995-1998
Supervised staff of 50 students as editor in chief and worked with Web designers for Web site for bi-monthly award-winning high school paper of Lowell High School, serving school and alumni community of more than 3,000 people.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BACPAC Resources, Research Associate, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, Calif., 2002-'04
Prepared genomic libraries for research purposes and maintained stocks of growth media.
Plant Gene Expression Center, Laboratory Assistant, Albany, Calif., 2000-'01
Maintained lab's Web site, co-published "Sequencing and Analysis of Chromosome 1 of the Plant Arabidopsis thaliana," Nature, v. 408, December 2000, 816-820, aided in sequencing of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome, and prepared growth media.
Paula Skene Designs of San Francisco, Office Assistant, Emeryville, Calif., 1999-2000
Provided customer service, prepared invoices and orders, and supervised monthly store sales for greeting card company.

HONORS & AWARDS

Recipient of the Eleanor Merrill Fellowship at the University of Maryland, 2004-2005
Member of the Biology Scholars' Program at the University of California, 1999-2002

SPECIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCES

• Excellent communication skills with fluency in Mandarin and Cantonese
• Computer-assisted reporting
• Photography experience with black and white, color and slide film