The longer version: I grew up in snowy Western New York, and graduated from Ithaca College with majors in journalism and political science. I edited the college's award-winning student newspaper, The Ithacan, created a narrative nonfiction magazine, and was a Park Scholar. 

My career in magazines began when I was selected as an ASME intern at Reader's Digest in college. Immediately after graduating, I moved to New York and worked at Inc.,—writing for the magazine and website and fact-checking the Inc. 500—before landing at Esquire as an editorial assistant. There, I edited the magazine's Politics Blog with Charles P. Pierce, coordinated online coverage of the 2012 election, and helped writers research and report major stories ranging from “The Shooter” to “Obama by the Numbers.” I also contributed writing to Man at his Best and Esquire.com and worked on big projects such as the Esquire Short Short Fiction contest, the Eighty Greatest Esquire Stories of All Time e-book series, and the 2012 and 2013 Esquire Oral Histories of the Year. 

After nearly three years at Esquire, I took a research editor position at Departures, American Express' luxury lifestyle magazine for its Platinum and Centurion cardholders. I was promoted just five months later to associate travel editor. Over three years, I expanded the scope of my role so I was editing 10 pages a month in Departures' award-winning BlackBook section and overseeing our monthly golf and wine columns. I also wrote multi-page packages, features, and front-of-book news items, with a focus on dining, cruises, and hotels. I created an interview column for Centurion, Departures' twice-a-year special issue exclusively for Black Card holders, talking to CEOs about their hobbies.

Most recently, I spent three years as the features editor at Real Simple, where I oversaw the magazine's reported packages and features, essays, books coverage, travel stories, and humor writing across print and digital. I was fortunate to work with esteemed writers including Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Meg Wolitzer, Nicole Chung, and Ruth Reichl.

After nearly a decade in magazine publishing, I moved to the nonprofit world as the associate director of digital communications at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. Here, I oversee the foundation’s award-winning science blog, direct BCRF’s SEO strategy, and write and edit various collateral across departments. I’ve also managed the organization’s social media channels.

As a freelancer, I’ve done it all. My feature writing and reporting has appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal and Delta Sky. TIME hired me to edit its World’s Greatest Places list (before Covid-19 canceled that). I’ve done SEO, content marketing, technical writing, and social media for major brands and small businesses.