Powered by questions, coffee, and a compulsive need to understand how things work.

I’m a chronic reader and researcher, the kind of person who follows footnotes for fun and ends up with twelve tabs open before I've finished my first cup of coffee. I studied Publishing in undergrad, with an emphasis in rhetoric, writing, and design. I’ve always been fascinated by how ideas and stories are shaped and delivered, and that curiosity bled into the every facet of my life.

My professional background is in marketing and communications. Think brand strategy, SEO, UI/UX, campaign development, the works. I've done freelance editing (developmental and copy), and I build websites on the side. But this site isn't my portfolio. This is where I put the things I can't stop thinking about.

"I don't just pick up hobbies and interests. I learn and learn and learn about them until I there's nothing else to know."

I'm also slowly working through a yoga teacher certification, which is less about teaching and more about understanding the body from the inside out and diving into the spiritual basis behind the cultural practice. Did you know Harvard has free online courses on all the major worldwide religions/spiritual practices? Obsessed!

I love nature (from a safe distance; bugs and I are not aligned). I love to bake. I rotate between coffee and tea depending on the hour of the day, and I am very serious about all things herbal. Most importatnly I love to learn, whether through reading, doing, or traveling. That's the real, and perhaps only, love of my life.

I got into medicinal plants the way most good things happen: wine, a new autoimmune diagnosis, a TV show (Outlander... if you know you know), and a nonrefundable enrollment fee submitted at midnight. That was a few years ago. Now I have a Cornell certification, a cabinet full of herbs, and more notes on plant compounds than I ever expected to have. I live with a chronic illness, which pulled me into natural health research as survival first and passion second. The two have since merged into one very extensive reading list.

I care about cultural commentary (if you can't tell). I'm talking about the kind that actually engages with complexity instead of flattening it. I believe everyone shold have access to literarture. That education is the most important tool we can give to our children. That people should be free to think and learn despite their socioeconomic backgrounds. I'll always recommend banned books. I write about gender, health, power, and the intersections between them. I believe in speaking up, especially when silence is easier. Because when we don't, people suffer.

If you're here for the professional stuff, that lives at my portfolio. If you're here because you also have too many tabs open and lots of half finished books waiting on your nightstand, then you're in the right place. I’m glad you’re here.

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