Let's chat: paola.v.w@gmail.com//828.280.4303
A restaurant industry dropout turned writer who likes to use words to make people feel stuff.
Currently an ACD in Richmond, Virginia but I’ve moved around a lot. I’ve lived in three countries, eight cities, and twenty different houses. I’ve learned to tolerate change.
When I’m not winning pitches or packing moving boxes, I’m daydreaming about my future pie shop or rubbing my 9lb yorkie’s belly. Sometimes simultaneously.
Ask me how to pronounce my name or what the difference between being Quaker and Amish is. I know the answer to both.
Until then, the rest, as the great Natasha Bedingfield would say, is still unwritten.
Workin’
ACD/Copywriter – The Martin Agency – 2021 - Present
CUTWATER, OREO x REESE’S, Busch Light, DoorDash, UPS, RITZ, so many pitches
Latine ERG co-founder + served as ERG lead from 2021 – 2022
Copywriter – Mullenlowe Boston – 2018 – 2021
JetBlue, Monster.com, JAMRS, Athena Health, Grey Goose
Line Cook – 7 Restaurants, 5 Cities, 3 States, 2 Countries – 2012 – 2018
I might not have the sticky kitchen shoes anymore but I’ve got loads of transferable skills. After Culinary School and 6 years working in professional kitchens I know how to succeed in a male-dominated field, think on my feet in extreme heat, survive 16 hour+ work days, smile through the criticism and remain calm under pressure.
Learnin’
Gotham Writer’s Workshop – Children’s Book Writing – Spring 2024
Boston University – B.S, Advertising – Class of 2018
ABTech Community College – A.A.S, Culinary Arts – Class of 2014