My Story
When I accepted the Sports Business Fellowship at Pac-12 Networks after graduating from Stanford University in June of 2018, I thought the position would be an ideal fit – it would blend my passion for sports with my background in communication and data science. But I quickly found things unfulfilling on the business side of media where my job was to promote others’ stories. Although I enjoyed learning about the current challenges facing sports media companies and developed a more holistic understanding of what goes into producing content, I realized my true passion was telling those stories myself.
We all have to start somewhere so I figured I might as well make an adventure out of the process. When I was offered a job covering sports for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – a seven-day paper in Interior Alaska – where I’d get to cover sled dog racing, snow machine racing and other local Alaskan sports, including “ear pulling”, my fear of moving alone to a place I had never been wasn’t enough to hold me back. In May of 2019, I moved out of my San Francisco apartment and American Pharoah (my trusty Subaru Legacy now outfitted with snow tires) and I began the six-day journey through Canada and up the Alaskan Highway. There, I found the storytelling opportunities I was missing. I covered a 1,000-mile international sled dog race, the World Eskimo Indian Olympics, two Midnight Sun Baseball Games, Division I Hockey and so much more.
After a year in Alaska, I left Fairbanks – a town I came to love – and moved to the East Coast to explore new career opportunities and further my education. In 2021, I began working closely with the Boston University athletics department as a digital producer and reporter for their women's basketball and men’s hockey teams. Since then, I’ve expanded my coverage significantly, working with all Hockey East schools and serving as a rinkside reporter for Hockey East Game of the Week broadcasts on NESN. In the role, I’ve had the opportunity to cover some of the best players and teams in college hockey. A memory that will always stand out to me is covering No. 1 Boston University vs. No. 2 Boston College during the 2023-24 season. It was the first time in the 106-year history of the rivalry that the teams met as the top two in the nation, and the energy in the building is something that I will never forget.
I’ve also spent the last two years as the primary sideline reporter for the Worcester Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, where I contribute to more than 50 broadcasts each season on NESN and NESN+. The opportunity to introduce Boston’s passionate fanbase to its emerging stars is something I truly cherish.