Gabriela Taboas Zayas
About Gabriela Taboas Zayas
Gabriela Taboas Zayas is an Assistant Editor at Penguin Random House, with a background in editorial support and administrative roles at Scholastic and other publishing-related positions.
Title and Current Role
Gabriela Taboas Zayas is currently an Assistant Editor at Penguin Random House. In this role, she provides editorial support for Licensing and Brands at Penguin Workshop.
Work Experience at Scholastic
From 2019 to 2020, Gabriela Taboas Zayas worked as an Administrative Assistant at Scholastic in New York, New York. Her responsibilities included managing calendars, coordinating meetings for senior executives, and conducting research on the latest trends in pop culture and video games. She also assisted in preparing special projects, reports, and presentations for the VP and Publisher, working closely with the Executive Editor and Director of Global Licensing.
Internships and Early Career Roles
Gabriela Taboas Zayas has held several internships early in her career. She worked as a Summer Intern at Tor/Forge Books in 2018 for two months and as an Intern at Gotham Writers Workshop in 2017 for three months. Additionally, she was a Bookseller at Posman Books at Chelsea Market in the Greater New York City Area from 2016 to 2019.
Educational Background
Gabriela Taboas Zayas earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from The New School, studying there from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), studying from 2012 to 2016.