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KAYLYN LING
Writer
BIO
Kaylyn Ling is a student at the Boston University School of Law.
In May of 2020, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with an English major and physics minor after completing a senior honors thesis on climate fiction.
She plans to pursue a career in law serving climate vulnerable communities.
RESUME
Oct 2020 - August 2021
EDITOR | INSTITUTE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH
Proofread and edit IIR-generated internal documents, products created for IIR clients, and IIR correspondence
Ensure that all products follow IIR and client program guidelines
Spring 2020
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | SPARKS MAGAZINE
Formerly Managing Editor, Content Editor, Staff Writer
Managed writers through workshops and weekly meetings
Copyedited stories for Associated Press style
Wrote feature articles for both print and online
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
EDITORIAL INTERN | UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA
Gained first-hand experience in academic publishing
Copyedited manuscripts, completed printer proof checks, and beta-tested EPUB books
Summer 2019
COPY DESK CHIEF | THE ALLIGATOR
Copyedited both online and print articles, focusing on fact errors, restructuring of articles, and following up with sources
Supervised other copyeditors
JUST PUBLISHED
Some of My Latest Stories
EASTWARD ON THE ROAD TO HEALTH
November 24, 2019
In the age of essential oils and sunrise yoga, non-standard medical practices have demonstrated immense growing power. Eastern medicine, which includes all health-related products and practices from Asian countries, has been kept alive in Asian American households and influenced other cultures’ approaches to medicine as well.
Event Coverage
Book Sale Welcomes Readers from Far and Wide, 2019
Remembering H. H. Hume: The Man Behind the Name, 2019
Saved by the Bell: A Look at What's Inside Century Tower, 2019
Artwork and the Apocalypse, 2018
Holi: A Festival Celebrating Culture through Color, 2018
Culture and Entertainment
Singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen brings heart to High Dive music venue, 2020
Books to Watch For, 2020
'imagine' a New Music Industry for Female Artists, 2019
A Triumph for Hollywood, a Triumph for Asian Americans: 'Crazy Rich Asians,' 2018
Tuning into the Asian American Music Scene, 2017
Minority Affairs
Eastward on the Road to Health, 2019
We Are Here: Understanding the Journey of Immigrant Teachers in the US, 2018
Island Identity, 2018
Research
Faulker and Rooney: Analyzing the Intricacies of Motherhood through Ailing Female Characters, 2018
Creative Writing
Dust, 2018 (Luminaire Fine Arts exhibition)
Words of Affirmation, 2018 (AKM Spoken Word exhibition)
Letters to and from my mother, 2018
