I’m a brand journalist and senior copywriter. My portfolio includes branded web content, long form journalism, podcast scripts, video scripts, executive thought leadership, social media campaigns, and more. For more than 12 years, I was a public radio reporter covering health care, social issues, and breaking news for NPR and several NPR member stations, as well as for a Kaiser Health News/NPR collaboration. My superpower is making the complex compelling and approachable. My favorite m.o. is collaboration, though I’m an independent powerhouse. My must-have? A sense of humor.

My journalism has won regional Edward R. Murrow awards, a Metcalf Diversity in Media award, and multiple AP awards. I was honored to be a National Health Journalism Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.

I hold an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and earned my BA in anthropology from Lewis & Clark College.

My creative writing has appeared in Off Assignment, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus and Catapult. I also write a Substack called Magic Silver Bullet.

I speak French and Spanish, have lived on three continents, and am also a vocalist, specializing in complex harmonies from the Balkans and Georgia. I play piano and ukulele, which is the world’s happiest instrument. I am a volunteer storyteller for Housing Forward, an organization that fights homelessnes. I have two children, a husband, a dog called Buttercup, and live on the best block in the world.