{"id":52,"date":"2018-01-26T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:07:07","slug":"profile-alejandra-arevalo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/profile-alejandra-arevalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Alejandra Arevalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>By Nicole Phillip<\/b><\/h3>\n<h6>December 4, 2017<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Profile - Alejandra Arevalo By Nicole Phillip\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JNMnp-16Co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>If you see her walking down the streets, you would consider her a fashionista because she is always using wine matte lipstick, a bold outfit and waving her naturally black kinky curls. Nicole Phillip, 25, was born and raised in Florida. She moved to New York six years ago to attend NYU, where she studied journalism and politics, with a minor in Judaic Studies. As a first generation student, going to college had always been Nicole\u2019s goal. Her sister, who is 12 years older than her and pursued graduate studies, acted as a role model for her. Although she was admitted to NYU, Nicole spent her freshman year at the University of Central Florida to reduce financial costs to her family. However, her ambitious professional goals to work for a national news company pushed her to continue her education in New York. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been interested in journalism since 8th grade, when I was a yearbook nerd to then become an editor-in-chief in high school. I wasn\u2019t the NYU college kid that was partying, but I wasn\u2019t the NYU college kid that was at Bobst getting A pluses. I was doing what I needed to do to pass my classes with a decent grade, but I understood that at the end of the day my grades wouldn\u2019t matter as much as my networking and skills. And it was true, I haven\u2019t been asked for my GPA once.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t focus as hard on politics as I did on journalism. I\u2019m happy that I chose politics because it helped to get my first job out of college. But at this point I\u2019m more interested in lifestyle and entertainment than politics. I minored in Judaic Studies! (Laughs) My mother is a Christian minister from Trinidad. When I started my studies, I almost knew everything about Judaism because, as she always said, to be a good Christian it is necessary to know about the Judaic faith. I pray everyday and believe in God, but now I consider myself more spiritual than religious.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m an associate producer of Live video at ABC News, working on breaking news live streams primarily. I wake up every day at 5 and go to Dunkin Donuts. I should just buy stock. I grab a donut or maybe bacon, egg and cheese on a plain bagel. I jump on the train, get to work by seven. I assign whatever stream I have to produce for the day, and start deciding which reporters and correspondents I will use for that stream. It\u2019s always really fun to be in the control room but I love it when they send me to the field to shoot. Two or three times a month I run a pop culture talk show called Real Live. It\u2019s not quite like TMZ style or gossipy in any way. It\u2019s about the deeper implications of some of the issues we are facing in society.<\/p>\n<p><i>At the ABC News headquarters, Nicole has recently moved to a working area closer to the set where the talk show is shoot. Her mousepad and drawers have stickers with her name because she fears her supplies can get mixed with someone else\u2019s as all workers have the same ones. She recently started using a notepad she got at BET Networks when she interned there in 2014. Her Capricorn mug sits next to her computer, always filled with coffee or tea. On top of a metal desk organizer, she has a collection of souvenirs carefully placed: a Ronald Reagan duck she playfully took from a friend\u2019s desk years ago but never gave back, a succulent plant she got in a stress-relief session, a snow globe from the Cayman Islands and a small bottle of Salsa Picante from Playa del Carmen, two places she has never been to but hopes to visit soon. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-6.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-8.jpg 600w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-2-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-2-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>What do you do in your free time?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I like to sleep when I can. I don\u2019t have a million friends that I have to be keeping up with so I don\u2019t go outside as much unless something is actually happening. If you go out with no plans you end up spending unnecessary money. All those happy hour drinks, they add up. I rather save the majority of my money to travel. Next week, I will be travelling to Prague. I\u2019m really excited to spend my holidays in Europe because I haven\u2019t been there since I studied for a semester at NYU Florence.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes after work, I walk around my neighborhood and stop by Rainbow. The department store has great deals, you can get nice shirts and pants for 5 or 7 dollars. Buying clothes there is my guilty pleasure. When I\u2019m at home, I like video blogging. I have a Youtube channel called \u201cNicole\u2019s New York.\u201d It\u2019s about what it\u2019s like to be broke and single and in New York. Nothing too serious. I keep it very clean and kid-friendly to be a role model, nothing that I wouldn\u2019t want my mother to see. I don\u2019t have thousands of followers but not everything has to be about being the next sensation, it\u2019s just about having fun. I hope to bring some of the creative things that I do in my videos to my job. That would be the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-4.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-4-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-7.jpg 800w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-7-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/tellingstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/01\/alejandra-arevalo-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Has your identity as a Black woman affected your career?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Women have to try twice as hard, Black women have to try three times as hard, trans-women have to try four times as hard. Every time you add a minority layer or disenfranchised group to your identity, it becomes harder. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money you have or how educated you are, people will see black first. I will never know what is it like to just be a journalist, a person. \u201cDon\u2019t be too loud, you\u2019re Black.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re a Black woman, so you can\u2019t wear your hair like that.\u201d I have to always remember these things.<\/p>\n<p>In August I went to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference \u00a0for the first time. It was a great opportunity to meet people and start networking. Every month we go to large companies, it\u2019s easier to get into them as a group than as an individual. Minority organizations empower people to help each other, to think \u2018these are my peers,\u2019 because who better understands your issues than others like you.<\/p>\n<p><i>Looking into the future, Nicole aims to be the Issa Rae of digital journalism. She wants to have her own enterprise focused on confronting deep issues in society related to females and minorities in a way that is easily digestible and understood by the audience.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole Phillip December 4, 2017 If you see her walking down the streets, you would consider her a fashionista because she is always using wine matte lipstick, a bold outfit and waving her naturally black kinky curls. Nicole Phillip, 25, was born and raised in Florida. 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