Aboutme.
It started in Paris, where I interned at the International Herald Tribune — the paper that would eventually become the International New York Times — and ended up interviewing Paul Farmer for a story I was working on with about 15 minutes notice. That conversation lasted two hours, opened doors I'm still walking through, and led me to Rwanda — where I spent time telling the story of Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, then the country's Minister of Health.
I trekked to Chiapas, Mexico to report on global health, and I'm still frustrated that the answer to the question of what do you do when the nearest hospital is a six hour bus ride away, and the bus may not come…is…figure it out.
I took these reporting trips before and during my time as a graduate student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. These formative experiences happened nearly two decades ago — but continue to shape how I move through my career.
As a writer at heart, I truly believe that the most important work I can do is take something the world needs to understand and make it actually understandable.
That work — the work of storytelling — happens in so many ways. Researching, interviewing, searching for the right frame, the right angle. Questioning who the audience is and what they actually need to hear. Ensuring that branding and content formatting serve to exalt the story rather than dampen it.
That mindset has been the through-line of my career.
I've since led content strategy at healthcare AI and health-tech companies, built editorial programs from scratch, defined brand voices for organizations still figuring out who they are, and mentored writers across departments. I've ghostwritten thought leadership for C-suite executives, turned dense clinical research into narratives that resonate with hospital CFOs, and learned that the hardest part of any content job isn't the writing — it's building the conditions where great writing can happen consistently.
Outside of work, I play violin, take on interior design projects, and spend probably too much time in my garden. I believe these things make me a better creative, not a more distracted one — because when you have a curious mind, you never really clock out.
I'm drawn to organizations that believe communication is part of the product. Places where how you say something is inseparable from what you're building. If that sounds like your organization, I'd love to connect.