I was born in the UK, and have worked in London, Barcelona, Madrid, Hong Kong, and Palo Alto, CA.
Currently I'm in New York City, working as
Head of Community Product at Vox Media.LanguagesI speak English (native) and Spanish (fluent).
Product leadershipI created and lead the team for a community platform used by more than 500 major publication websites in 28 countries. I've run teams that build magazines and websites, newsletters and installations at such organizations as Mozilla, Vox Media, HuffPost, and a Spanish startup. I also teach product strategy for midlevel professionals of color at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
JournalismI've written for
The Guardian,
The Wall Street Journal, and
The Times of London, among many others.
TeachingI've taught classes at The New School, CUNY, the International Center of Photography, Brown University, and been a guest lecturer at dozens of institutions including Stanford, Rutgers, NYU, MICA, Yale, and RISD.
MentorshipI frequently mentor people who are early in their product management careers. I offer free mentorship sessions to people from underrepresented backgrounds in journalism and technology.
Contact me to set up a chat or
book an appointment.
Education•
John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University
• Visiting Fellow at the
Information Society Project at Yale Law School
• Facilitation Certification from
Voltage Control• First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts, University of Warwick (UK)
CommunitiesI've run several online communities and am a founder member of
the DEI Coalition For Anti-Racist, Equitable, And Just Newsrooms;
Gather;
the News Product Alliance; and
the Future Historical Society, among several others.
Awards• Yellow Pencil,
D&AD Awards• Special Jury Prize,
The International Art Book and Film Festival (FILAF)• Winner,
Lulu Blooker Prize for Fiction• MUSE Gold Award for Games and Augmented Reality
• Magazine of the Year (as Editor),
Publishing Annual Awards
• Grantee, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
• New Customer Magazine Journalist of the Year
Media coverageMy work has been featured in
The Economist,
Time magazine, BBC World Service,
New York Times,
Monocle,
The Sunday Times,
Boston Globe,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Hindu Times, Página12, and
El País.
Feel free to
drop me a line. Perhaps we can work together on something fun.