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Kyla Figueroa
4723 Date St.
Stockton, California (United States)
Phone: 2094070592
Email: kylafig5@stanford.edu
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4723 Date St.
Stockton, California (United States)
Phone: 2094070592
Email: kylafig5@stanford.edu
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Reporter, Editor and Freelancer
Resumes ID: 10282
Resumes Views: 144
Location: Stockton, California, United States
Postal Code:
Posted: 06.21.2023
Job Type: full time,part time,freelance,intern
Job Category: Newspapers,Online | New Media,Magazines,Public Relations | Marketing,Publishing
Updated: 2023-09-03 20:33:13
Objective
I am an aspiring writer, editor, journalist, poet, and theatermaker passionate about telling stories and building community through the arts and practice; I am dedicated to increasing accessibility across different fields for BIPOC, Latinx, and First-Generation, Low-Income (FLI) students through leadership and administrative experience.
Education:
09.11.2020 - 06.16.2024
Stanford University
English
Bachelor’s Degree
English
Bachelor’s Degree
Work Experience:
Senior Staff Writer, Managing and Desk Editor
08.26.2020 -
The Stanford Daily |
Staff Writer and Columnist · Aug. 2020 to Current · Stanford, CA News, Arts and Life and The Grind (creative nonfiction) at the Stanford Daily at staff writer status from Vol. 258 to Vol. 264 (current) Writing a column for the Arts and Life section (Vol. 264) titled "Metro Memoirs," which will recount artistic engagement, interviews with NYC artists, and incorporate literary journalism in the style of the "Cometbus" zines Covered various timely subjects for Campus Life and Academics, including interviewing the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Carolyn Bertozzi, providing updates for the summer power outage at Stanford (one of the Daily's most read articles to date), breaking that the plan for Black Studies departmentalization was sent to Stanford admin in May of 2022, and the reopening of the beloved Olives Cafe Engaged with all the beats in Arts & Life (music, reads, screen, and culture), selected to cover high profile concerts and press conferences—such as Rina Sawayama, Courtney Barnett's "Here and There Festival" and Ben Platt's Q&A press event—alongside on-campus literary readings, concerts, and more Desk and Managing Editor · Sept. 2021 to June 2023 Directed processes for The Grind section as a Vol. 260 Desk Editor and a Vol. 260– 262 Managing Editor For the Grind — initiated 2 section-wide series, revitalized section columnist program for consist content for 8 writers, advised writers through editing and feedback, edited and published approximately 95 creative nonfiction articles, outreached and hosted speaker event with writer Connie Wang on literary journalism/lifestyle publications. Managing Editor and lecturer for the Daily's Summer High School Journalism Educational Workshop (2022)—in collaboration with 3 managing editors, we prepared lessons on journalistic writing, oversaw 20 desk editors and mentored 200 students through editing and one-on-one feedback Desk Editor for Vol. 263 Arts and Life, Screen beat—edited over 50 articles on TV, film and video games—and for the Daily's Summer High School Journalism Educational Workshop (2023) Stanford Live Journalism Fellowship · Oct. 2022 to Jan. 2023 Served as a Communications Student fellow for Stanford Live Arts Journalism Fellowship, where I covered six events at Stanford Live within the Contemporary Music genre and received mentorship from professionals within the arts and entertainment journalism industry to improve my technical skills for live performance
The Stanford Daily |
Staff Writer and Columnist · Aug. 2020 to Current · Stanford, CA News, Arts and Life and The Grind (creative nonfiction) at the Stanford Daily at staff writer status from Vol. 258 to Vol. 264 (current) Writing a column for the Arts and Life section (Vol. 264) titled "Metro Memoirs," which will recount artistic engagement, interviews with NYC artists, and incorporate literary journalism in the style of the "Cometbus" zines Covered various timely subjects for Campus Life and Academics, including interviewing the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Carolyn Bertozzi, providing updates for the summer power outage at Stanford (one of the Daily's most read articles to date), breaking that the plan for Black Studies departmentalization was sent to Stanford admin in May of 2022, and the reopening of the beloved Olives Cafe Engaged with all the beats in Arts & Life (music, reads, screen, and culture), selected to cover high profile concerts and press conferences—such as Rina Sawayama, Courtney Barnett's "Here and There Festival" and Ben Platt's Q&A press event—alongside on-campus literary readings, concerts, and more Desk and Managing Editor · Sept. 2021 to June 2023 Directed processes for The Grind section as a Vol. 260 Desk Editor and a Vol. 260– 262 Managing Editor For the Grind — initiated 2 section-wide series, revitalized section columnist program for consist content for 8 writers, advised writers through editing and feedback, edited and published approximately 95 creative nonfiction articles, outreached and hosted speaker event with writer Connie Wang on literary journalism/lifestyle publications. Managing Editor and lecturer for the Daily's Summer High School Journalism Educational Workshop (2022)—in collaboration with 3 managing editors, we prepared lessons on journalistic writing, oversaw 20 desk editors and mentored 200 students through editing and one-on-one feedback Desk Editor for Vol. 263 Arts and Life, Screen beat—edited over 50 articles on TV, film and video games—and for the Daily's Summer High School Journalism Educational Workshop (2023) Stanford Live Journalism Fellowship · Oct. 2022 to Jan. 2023 Served as a Communications Student fellow for Stanford Live Arts Journalism Fellowship, where I covered six events at Stanford Live within the Contemporary Music genre and received mentorship from professionals within the arts and entertainment journalism industry to improve my technical skills for live performance
Editorial Intern
06.09.2023 -
Heyday Books |
Provided feedback, developmental edits (via writing editorial letters), and line edits for 3 nonfiction, California and social justice-centered nonfiction manuscripts and sat-in meetings with writers under-going the editorial process Selected excerpts from 7 different books and assisted with managing the production of the 50th anniversary anthology, showcasing the nonprofits best work Performed archival research with Heyday’s documents at the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library to incorporate into the reader and social media Researched local writers as potential acquisitions for new titles and similar international presses to sell foreign rights for top-selling books, creating informational databases in Google Sheets for each Drafted marketing copy for catalog for 3 new releases for the Spring/Summer 2024 Season and began styling a new release's manuscript in Microsoft Word Thoroughly read and highlighted words for translation in the Native essay collection, Know We Are Here, kickstarting the process for a pronunciation guide for audiobook creation Interviewed employees to deepen knowledge about the different roles and operations at a nonfiction press Created Instagram post using Canva and wrote blog post about internship experiences for The Bill Lane Center of the American West at Stanford for their promotional materials
Heyday Books |
Provided feedback, developmental edits (via writing editorial letters), and line edits for 3 nonfiction, California and social justice-centered nonfiction manuscripts and sat-in meetings with writers under-going the editorial process Selected excerpts from 7 different books and assisted with managing the production of the 50th anniversary anthology, showcasing the nonprofits best work Performed archival research with Heyday’s documents at the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library to incorporate into the reader and social media Researched local writers as potential acquisitions for new titles and similar international presses to sell foreign rights for top-selling books, creating informational databases in Google Sheets for each Drafted marketing copy for catalog for 3 new releases for the Spring/Summer 2024 Season and began styling a new release's manuscript in Microsoft Word Thoroughly read and highlighted words for translation in the Native essay collection, Know We Are Here, kickstarting the process for a pronunciation guide for audiobook creation Interviewed employees to deepen knowledge about the different roles and operations at a nonfiction press Created Instagram post using Canva and wrote blog post about internship experiences for The Bill Lane Center of the American West at Stanford for their promotional materials
Total Years Experience:
3 yearsSkills:
TECHNICAL: Literary and Copy Editing, Wordpress/Webbing Content,
Social Media Management, Notion, Microsoft and G-Suite Interface,
Knowledge of Library of Congress (LCC)
GENERAL: Writing (Creative, Academic, Journalism), Customer Service, Event Planning