Education:

The George Washington University ‒ School of Media and Public Affairs

• B.A. Candidate, Journalism and Mass Communications (Graduating 2020)

Experience:

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin’s Office

• Shadow Intern for Amy Kempe, Program Information Officer (June 2016 ‒ August 2016)

Capitol TV Rhode Island State House

• Intern for Journalist Margie O’Brien (May 2016 ‒ August 2016)

Rhode Island House of Representatives General Assembly

• Pager for Representative John Edwards (December 2015 ‒ June 2016)

Journalist For Tiverton Tribune: The Newport Daily News

• “Get involved in America”
• “High School Says Goodbye to Principal”

Tiger Rumble

•  Journalist and Editor (2013 ‒ 2016)
• Interviewed Veterans for the Library of Congress (2013 ‒ 2014)

“Project EV: A Student Achievement A Teaching Adventure” published by Amazon

• Co-Author and Editor (2015)
• Featured at Rhode Island State Technology Conference (2015)

Envision

•  First Rhode Island Student nominated and attend National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. (Summer 2015)
• National Journalist Finalist for Chase the Race National News Team (2015)

Host and Producer of “Getting Civic with Samantha Cookinham”

• Interviewed (2016):

★ Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin and David Cicilline

★ Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

★ Tiverton High School and Roger Williams University College Students

GW-TV

• Colonial Crossfire Journalist (2016 ‒ Present)
• GWeek Journalist (2016 ‒ Present)

★ Interviewed Authors at the Library of Congress National Book Festival

★ Interviewed Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Awards and Acknowledgements:

The Herald News

★ 2016 Recipient of the Best and the Brightest

Rhode Island State House

★ General Treasurer Seth Magaziner Young Leaders Awards (2015)

★ Recipient of the Aldo Freda Scholarship Fund (2016)

★ House of Representatives Top Ten Recognition (May 2016)

★ Senate Top Ten Recognition (May 2016)

Rhode Island Honor Society (May 2016)

National Honors Society (September 2016)

The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs (Columbian College of Arts and Science) Dean’s List (January 2017)