HerCampus at St John’s

I wrote a weekly article across a range of registers: cultural analysis, service journalism and personal essay. The pieces covered Broadway, the Tony nominations, and practical guides for students new to New York — written for a readership my own age, in my third language.

Writing for Her Campus meant writing for a specific reader rather than a general one, and the pieces reflect that. Some are analytical — reading a play through the generation watching it, or breaking down an awards season. Others are useful — how to get cheap Broadway tickets, where to go for theatre beyond the main stages. The common thread is knowing who is reading and what they need from the piece.

A weekly deadline in a second language teaches economy: you stop reaching for the word you'd use in your own language and find the one that works. And writing for a defined audience — Gen Z women discovering New York — trained the instinct that matters most in communications: starting from the reader, not the subject.