About
Words are my very favorite thing — and always have been. A word is the smallest unit of communication we can create. And yet, as Joan Didion says, a word after a word after a word is power.
My career journey has been diverse, as I've had the fortune to leverage my passion, skill, and talent for putting words together in meaningful ways in different industries: I've edited poems, produced medical articles about hearts, published technical books on software engineering, and written DEI articles to advocate for a more equitable world. And I've loved every task.
I believe every communication task — whether a simple email or a large campaign — is equally important, and I give each my best creative and critical eye. Whatever your communication needs are, I'm confident we can collaborate to produce a powerful and effective outcome to help you reach your professional or personal goals.
Key Skills
Strategic Communication Planning
Cross-Channel Marketing and Event Promotion
Content and Project Management
Leadership and People Management
Copywriting and Copyediting
Data-Driven Decisions and Storytelling
Experience
April 2022 - April 2024
Industry: DEI nonprofit working as an advocate brand to support diverse technologists.
Program Communications Manager
Strategized and executed internal and external communications for all Global programs, including cross-channel marketing campaigns, event assets, staff toolkits, support for internal stakeholders, community newsletters, processes, and documentation.
March 2018 - April 2022
Industry: Tech education company publishing books, articles and videos for developers.
Managing Editor (Team Lead) / Community Manager
Managed editorial and content pipeline and calendar for 45+ book projects annually and all related internal and external communications. Created and managed processes, documentation, assets, promotion, and community engagement for special programs.
February 2017 - November 2017
Industry: Medical publishing and education company focusing on research and accreditation for the dental industry.
Program and Events Promotion / Project Manager
Managed and executed end-to-end Continuing Education event series, including all internal and external communications and promotions.
February 2015 - January 2017
Industry: Medical publishing focusing on research and developments in the cardiology industry.
Managing Editor / Sr. Learning Experience Designer
Managed editorial and content pipeline for CardioSource WorldNews: Interventions. Wrote and edited medical articles. Created curriculum and learning assets for client learning modules.
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August 2011 - August 2014
Industry: Academia; public university.
Editor in Chief / Writing Arts Professor
Designed and taught university-level communications courses, including creating and running graduate curriculum in Editing and Publishing. Launched and managed graduate literary journal and oversaw related graduate course and undergraduate internship.
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Courses Taught: Intensive College Composition; The Writer's Mind, College Composition II; Foundations for College Writing, Editing the Literary Journal
September 2009 - June 2011
Industry: Academia; public university.
Writing Instructor / Journal Editor
Designed and taught university-level communication course. Served as poetry editor for The Bellingham Review.
Course Taught: Writing and Critical Inquiry
September 2007 - June 2009
Industry: Academia; public university.
Writing Instructor / Journal Editor
Designed and taught university-level communications courses. Served as nonfiction editor for Willow Springs Magazine.
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Courses Taught: Exposition and Argumentation; Research and Documentation; Introduction to Creative Writing
August 2006 - May 2007
Industry: Academia; public university.
Writing Center Instructor
Provided writing instruction and local and global feedback to writers of all levels (freshmen to faculty) at any stage of writing (brainstorming to final line edits) in any genre (creative to technical).
Education
2009 - 2011
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Master of Arts | Literary Studies
Graduate Work Studied: Rhetoric, Pedagogy, Avant Garde poetry; Afrofuturism; Children's literature; Chicano/Chicana studies; Literary theory; Post-Modernism
Comprehensive Exam Emphasis: Last half of the 19th century (Romanticism; Gothic Literature); First half of the 20th century (Modernism)
2007 - 2009
Eastern Washington University
Spokane, WA
Master of Fine Arts | Creative Nonfiction
Activities and societies: Willow Spring Literary Journal; Eastern Washington University Press; Writers in the Community
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Graduate Work Studied: Pedagogy, Genre Theory, Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Editing/Publishing
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2003 - 2009
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
Bachelor of Science | Writing; Political Science
Activities and societies: Student Leadership Fellowship Program; Passages North Literary Journal
Minor studies: Ethics; Physics