Freelance Writer | 2000-present
I have reported and written articles for magazines, newspapers and websites including Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, The Eastsider LA, Brand X, Fodor’s Los Angeles Guide, LA Citybeat, Whole Life Times and other media outlets

Contract Copy editor, Writer
Hay House | 2015-present
Copyedit books for Hay House publishing, edit author audio interviews and write introductions for authors on HayHouse.com

Contributing Writer
‘True Birth’ compilation | 2014
My story, “A Parking Lot Birth Story,” which originally ran in the Huffington Post, was included in the book “True Birth: A Compilation of Real Birth Stories”

Contract Editor
Mom.me | 2012-2013
Edited the parenting- and family-themed website, wrote stories, programmed website, edited blog posts, managed freelancers, proof-read, copy-edited and edited photos using Photoshop

Local Editor
Echo Park Patch | 2010-2011
Launched a local news site about Echo Park, a neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles, wrote stories, edited articles, programmed webpages, handled social media and managed freelancers

Editorial Consultant
L.A. Youth | 2009-2010
Started a blog called “Don’t Print That” for L.A. Youth, a non-profit newspaper written by and about teens, consulted with the editorial staff about using social media as a tool to reach readers

Content Producer, Staff Writer
Los Angeles Times | 2007-2009
Reported and wrote and weekly arts and culture stories, planned and produced the weekly ‘Galleries and Museums’ section of The Guide, an online and print section of the L.A. Times, programmed web pages on LATimes.com

Staff Writer
Los Angeles Downtown News | 2006-2007
Wrote three features stories a week about art in downtown Los Angeles, compiled and edited weekly calendar listings

City Editor
Citysearch| 2004-2006
Wrote and edited restaurant, bar and hotel reviews, programmed Citysearch and MSN webpages, managed freelancers and city budgets

Editorial Intern
Los Angeles Magazine | 2003-2004https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Citysearch_logo.png
Reported and fact-checked stories for the monthly magazine

Reporter
Medill News Service | 2003-2003
Reported and wrote stories for the Chicago-based wire service, which serves dozens of Chicago-based magazines and newspapers

Reporter
Mountain Xpress | Reporter, 2000-2002
Wrote stories about art and culture in Asheville, North Carolina’s for the local alt-weekly newspaper

EDUCATION

Medill Graduate School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Master of Science in Journalism, September 2003

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Bachelor of Arts, English, May 1997