Resume

Freelance Writer | 2018 – current

• Pitch and write news stories and features for Knowable Magazine, Kaiser Health News, Audubon Magazine, WIRED and more
• Cover health, medicine and LGBTQ+ communities with a focus on deep-dive pieces on health issues and transgender health care discrimination

High Country News | July 2019 – July 2020

• Editorial fellow for the magazine’s West-North desk
• Reported on COVID-19, climate change, wildlife and LGBTQ+ issues in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon and Washington

Science Magazine | April – June 2019

• Pitched and reported on science beats including biology, environmental science and medicine
• Worked closely with editors for Science’s online news website

San Jose Mercury News | Jan – March 2019

• Covered science beats including biology, environmental science, medicine and genetics
• Reported on local news within the surrounding counties

Stanford University School of Medicine | Oct – Dec 2018

• Wrote for the Scope Blog, Inside Stanford Medicine and the Stanford Medicine Magazine
• Interviewed Stanford researchers for press releases, Q&A’s, blog posts and more

Boston Children’s Hospital | Research Assistant | 2016 – 2018

• Lead a clinical study examining the impact of the headaches the appear after concussions on children, adolescents and young adults

Hamilton College, Department of Neuroscience | Undergraduate Researcher | 2015

• Conducted an EEG study on the impact of mindfulness on our unconscious, automatic perception of facial attractiveness

Colorado State University, Department of Psychology | Research Intern | 2014

• Assisted a Fulbright scholar on her dissertation on the mental health of female commercial sex workers in Katmandu, Nepal

University of Wisconsin, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds | Research Intern | 2013

• Researched the effects of early-life stress on child and adolescent brain development and its impact on later mental and behavioral disorders

UC, Santa Cruz Science Communication Program | Master of Science | 2018 – 2019

Middlebury School of Language | Summer 2012

Hamilton College | Bachelor of Arts | 2011 – 2015

• Major: Neuroscience

Association of Health Care Journalists | Member

Investigative Reporters and Editors | Member

National Association of LGBTQ Journalists | Member

National Association of Science Writers | Member

Science Writers of the Rocky Mountains | At-Large Board Member