The world of a writer, public health advisor, and memory-keeper is layered, resilient, and unpredictable—and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
I am a New York-born storyteller and global health strategist with deep experience in philanthropy and fundraising, trauma-informed systems, child sexual abuse prevention, and survivor-centered leadership. I have developed my voice alongside community elders, policymakers, and grassroots organizers—around kitchen tables, in classrooms, and across courtrooms, and boardrooms.
For over two decades, I’ve worked at the intersection of public health, ethics, and narrative strategy. I’ve been the Executive Director of the Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients at George Washington University. I’ve directed the New York State Center for Best Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity, evaluated the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s school wellness programs, and was the lead evaluator for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative.
I have traveled the world to follow stories of healing and harm—from trauma workshops in New Zealand and to bio-labs in Colombia to novel research in Albania to program development in Estonia and consulting work in the U.S. My carry-on is filled with research notebooks, grant proposals, family photographs, and fragments of memory that continue to shape how I write, serve, and witness.
My creative work includes poetry, fiction, and memoir. My debut novel, Howard Be Thy Name, explores secrecy, moral injury, and maternal complicity. My memoir-in-progress weaves personal narrative with cultural critique to examine survival, estrangement, and the quiet architecture of hope. I also write two Substack blogs—Dream Alibis and The Second Silence—which hold space for art, survivor testimony, and systemic reckoning.
I help mission-driven organizations tell meaningful stories with data—combining qualitative and quantitative methods to build strategic, evidence-based narratives that inspire change and secure funding. I partner with a select number of nonprofits each year that align with my values: kindness, justice, equity, and peace.
I hold degrees from Columbia University (BA), SUNY Albany (MPH), and Albany Medical College (MS in Bioethics), and am represented by Barbara Jones at the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency.