Stella Sanchez, MPS

Process, copy edit, and proof manuscripts for monthly peer-reviewed journal, focusing on grammar, format, comprehensibility, and potential errors. Build and maintain the in-house Style Guide and Current Manuscript Lists. Conduct market research and prepare reports for the Executive Committee and Council to update journal policies. Liaise with authors, reviewers, members, and researchers from all over the world. Generate and monitor invoices for advertising and publishing fees. Manage both individual and institutional subscriptions. Collaborate with Managing Editor to manage contracts and set prices for subscriptions, commercial use licenses, etc. Design content and execute strategies for social media, email, and print marketing, as well as update website throughout the year. Create and disseminate internal branding kit for social media and other communications. Send monthly Table of Contents email alerts and help recruit new authors and reviewers. Assist the Scientific Program Committee with organizing and hosting Annual Scientific Meeting of 1700+ people.

Process, copy edit, and proof manuscripts for monthly peer-reviewed journal, focusing on grammar, format, comprehensibility, and potential errors. Conduct market research and prepare reports for the Executive Committee and Council to update journal policies. Liaise with authors, reviewers, members, and researchers from all over the world. Generate and monitor invoices for advertising and publishing fees. Manage both individual and institutional subscriptions. Design content and execute strategies for social media, email, and print marketing, as well as update website throughout the year. Assist the Scientific Program Committee with organizing and hosting Annual Scientific Meeting of 1700+ people.

Designed effective lesson plans based on state standards, provided engaging and innovative instruction, managed classroom procedures and behavior, took daily attendance, input grades regularly and provided actionable feedback on assignments, maintained strong communication with students’ families, built relationships with students, and strengthened students’ skills in English language arts and critical thinking. Also served as the 6th Grade Team Lead during my last year and as a member of the Literacy Committee.

Miscellaneous filming and/or editing for various nonprofits, as well as some work for small online business owners and YouTube content creators.

Organized, maintained, and distributed library materials. Assisted patrons with research, technology, and other questions. Supported senior staff with programming and new material selection.

Served as the Director of Communications for the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub (LEAH) of Gainesville, which is a growing nonprofit whose mission is to support incarcerated people and their loved ones as they navigate the justice system (at all stages of the process, from arrest to re-entry). My work with LEAH included helping craft the rhetoric of our mission and services, building and maintaining our website, filming and editing social bio videos for certain individual cases, and other community organizer tasks.

Worked with a small team of fellow students to design, execute, and publish an original project on socioeconomic privilege and understanding the value of free expression. This was part of a research colloquium in the Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience, titled “Tolerance in the Marketplace of Ideas”.

Gathered student members for weekly meetings to discuss current events, socialize, and engage in empathetic conversation about their lived experiences as nonreligious people in a world that is often ignorant, and sometimes hostile, towards those who exist outside of organized religion. Presented research each week on a different topic under the theme of religion and/or secularism, opening the floor for students to share their own perspectives and exchange ideas. Held occasional outreach events to increase the visibility of nonreligious students on campus, encourage healthy and respectful debate along the spectrum of belief, and destigmatize atheism/agnosticism, particularly in the deep American South. Worked with student members to perform community service and participate in local advocacy work to give back to our Carolina community.

Photographed a wide range of material, including sports, campus events, community events, feature stories, etc. Wrote columns for the opinion desk. Member of the Investigative Team. See all work that has been published online at http://www.dailytarheel.com/staff/stella-reneke.

Performed grant-editing, research, new policy development, event-planning, graphic design, copy-editing, and other office tasks.

Produced press releases, wrote and copy-edited online newsletter articles, took staff headshots, designed and executed social media campaigns, assisted with volunteer outreach, helped manage Back-to-School drive across several counties, counted inventories and calculated donation values, etc.

Specialized in the Editorial track, excelling in coursework covering professional copy editing skills, acquisitions strategies, developmental editing, marketing, book publicity, podcast/audiobook production, and more.

Specialized in ethics and philosophy of mind under my Philosophy major. Specialized in photojournalism and documentary work under my Journalism major. Also studied intermediate French and took several courses in linguistics, psychology, and anthropology under my Cognitive Science minor.

Over approximately 40 days, I traveled with a small group of students and our professor, Dr. Muthusami Kumaran, to Chennai, New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Pondicherry, and Karaikudi, and visited a total of 18 unique NGOs working in the areas of rural and youth development, advocacy, disaster relief, education, environment & sustainability, women’s empowerment, and care for the elderly.