Hio Fae hiofae@gmail.com Icelandic number: (+354)-846-6694
EDUCATION:
University of Iceland, Masters in Medieval Icelandic Studies, Spring 2019
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Bachelor of Arts in English— Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing— and History, with minors in Mechanical Engineering and Motion Pictures/Screenwriting, Fall of 2016, Departmental honors in English and History
EXPERIENCE:
2017 English Language Assistant for the government of the Balearic Islands
2016 Popular Culture Association Reader on Medievalism in Popular Culture (my paper was titled J.R.R. Tolkien: The Modern Snorri Sturluson)
2016 National Association of Television Program Executives Intern (in charge of daily tasks that maintain the flow and interaction the conference)
2016 Film Gate Intern (in charge of check ins and directing crowds to the virtual reality showing room)
2015- 2016 Editor in Chief/ Art Director of Mangrove, University of Miami’s literary journal
2015-2016 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Attendee
2014 Hurricane Newspaper (wrote an article on STEM, which was requested by my Engineering mentors as I was conducting research with the Industrial/Civil Engineering Lab on fiberglass and carbon fibers)
2014 Completed AIESEC Edison Project where I taught Canadian culture and English to middle schools and high schools in Prague, Czech Republic
2012-2013 Reviewed movies, books, etc. for TeenLink (i.e. affiliated with the Sun Sentinel)
HONORS:
- University of Miami Presidential Scholarship
- National AP Scholar
- FIU Book Award
- University of Miami Achievement Award
ACTIVITIES:
2016 University of Miami Special Collections worker (logs and organizes new collections as well as inputs accessions)
2012-2016 Jr. Ice Skating Coach at Pines Ice Arena & Tutor
SKILLS:
- Final draft, Celtx, C++, Autocad, Matlab, Creo, Microsoft Office, Keynote, Garage Band, iMovie, InDesign, Illustrator, Muse, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc.
- Bilingual: English and Spanish. With an elementary knowledge of French, Old English, and Old Norse.