Portfolio
This page includes examples of Patricia’s more professional journalistic work.
- Patricia dedicated six months to constructing an informative website about the Autism Spectrum Disorder and the current epidemic of the disorder. She did all the research, interviewing, writing, HTML code, and Flash infographics for the site.
- In 2010, Patricia investigated the seasonal presence of maggots on her local beach in San Diego and constructed the following article.
(Video by Ben Fassbaugh)
Every fall is maggot season in northern Pacific Beach.
The rotting heaps of kelp belch a stench into the air that stings nostrils blocks away. The sand crawls over beachgoers’ toes as millions of maggots writhe in the tide line. And when the tide recedes, like a horrific disappearing act, so do the maggots.
- The Daily Aztec has redone their website since Patricia’s time there, thus deleting the 30+ links to her work done during her three-year employment there. Here are salvaged screenshots of a handful of her more spectacular articles.
A humor column about Patricia’s experience being a platinum blond, blue-eyed white girl in Chile
Being blond in South America (Part I)
Being blond in South America (Part II)
A column about Patricia’s climactic run-in with some Chilean gypsies
The wrath of gypsies in Chile (Part I)
The wrath of gypsies in Chile (Part II)
The wrath of gypsies in Chile (Part III)
An article about the popular alaia surfboard and how exactly it works in the water
The science behind a traditional surfboard (Part I)
The science behind a traditional surfboard (Part II)
The science behind a traditional surfboard (Part III)
A hilarious account of Patricia’s encounter with an ex-boyfriend
Fire ants in turtle paradise (Part I)
Fire ants in turtle paradise (Part II)
A humor column of how Patricia met and severely creeped out her long time crush, professional surfer Dan Malloy
Making it Facebook official (Part I)
