Multimedia Storyteller | Researcher | Performer

Metairie, LA 

OBJECTIVE

Jaime (she/they) crafts poetic stories across multiple mediums. She mixes the profound and profane with an altruism that stems from her tenure as an award-winning journalist. Her candid work foregrounds society’s underbelly and centers on the paradox of absurdity and drama, seeking to illuminate the obscure.

AWARDS

• Best Presentation (2024): Silenced Resisters: Recovering 20th-Century Waves of Beatnik Women, Tulane Creativity, Innovation, and Research Summit (New Orleans).
• Screenplay Finalist (2021): Shuttlecock, Willamette Writers FilmLab (Portland, OR).
• Flash Fiction Semifinalist (2019): Stripped, YesYes Books Open Reading Period (Portland).
• Journalism (2010-2015): Multiple Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association awards; Priscilla L. Buckley Award for Excellence in Journalism.

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

• Nonfiction Beats Book: Blends research, cinematic story and critical theory (spring ‘26).
• Music: Love Above Will & story insert on Phil Western’s Afterflash: A Remixed Tribute (2025).
• Music Video Co-Writer: “Let the Flowers Grow” by Peter Murphy and Boy George (2024).
• Blogs: Witness & Resist (political memory, autotheory) and Lotus Budo (Buddhism, martial arts).
• Podcast Host: The Art of Peace Podcast (Aikido philosophy and community building practices).

SELECTED WRITING EXPERIENCE

• Communications Director, Speechwriter, Content Writer: Strategic storytelling and public relations consulting for K-12, universities, and Buddhist temples (2017–Present).
• Multimedia Producer: Built the multimedia journalism section at Portland State Vanguard, awarded Best Website by ONPA. Continue to produce multimedia. (2015-Present).
• Essay Columnist & Fiction Writer: Exotic Magazine (Portland, 2017-2022).
• Journalist, Editor: Reported and/or edited for The Oregonian, Oregon Business Magazine, Digital Trends, Portland State Vanguard (2009–2017).
• Comedy Writer: For the Chuck and Buck Show, a sketch comedy talk show (2013).

PERFORMANCES

• Keynote Presenter: Silenced Resisters: Recovering 20th-Century Waves of Beatnik Women, English Undergraduate Research Convention, Tulane University (New Orleans, 2025).
• Featured Reader: Esoterotica, Salon Skid Row, Get Nervous and many other events.
• Other: Background in stand-up, ritual theatre and experimental performance art.

EDUCATION

• M.A. English Cultural Studies (in progress until 2026), Tulane University
• B.A. English Literature & Film, Portland State University (Cum Laude), 2016
• Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), Universal Accreditation Board, 2023