I turn complex
into compelling.
Strategic communications leader. Former journalist. 14 years helping healthcare, public health, and technology organizations build trust, earn coverage, and tell the stories that matter.
I started as a reporter covering communities. I've spent the years since helping organizations do the same — find the human story inside the data, translate the science into something people can act on, and build the communications infrastructure that makes it all hold together.
Fourteen years of telling the stories
organizations can't afford to get wrong.
I started as a reporter. Not a communications professional with a journalism minor — an actual reporter, filing stories for regional papers and magazines across Virginia and Georgia, learning fast that clarity and honesty were the only tools you had.
Fourteen years later, I lead communications strategy for healthcare, public health, and technology organizations. I've written talking points for senior CDC leadership during an mPox outbreak. I've helped a physician group build a media presence from scratch, generating an average of 1,991 media pickups per press release. I've ghostwritten thought leadership for health system executives that earned thousands of engagements on LinkedIn, and launched newsletters that reached 50,000 inboxes at a 46% open rate. The skills are the same as when I was a reporter. Who is this for? What do they actually need to hear? What's the most specific, honest way to say it?
I've also kept writing for myself. My bylined essays in HuffPost and SheKnows cover subjects I've lived — the invisible expectations placed on fathers, reproductive autonomy, what it means to lose and reclaim control over your own body. That writing and my professional work aren't separate. They come from the same conviction: that clarity is a form of respect, and that the right story, told well, can shift how people see something.
I'm based in Atlanta, where I live with my husband and our three sons.
Essays
These pieces are mine — reported from lived experience, backed by research, and written without a client brief.
I Got Pregnant on Birth Control as a Mom. Here's What It Taught Me About the Toll of an Unplanned Pregnancy
Professional Writing
Most of what I've written in 14 years doesn't have my name on it. Here's what that work looks like.
Executive Ghostwriting
I've written for executives who needed to sound like themselves — only clearer. At Oracle Health, I ghostwrote 15 thought leadership articles in six months, analyzing the healthcare AI landscape and translating it into content executives were proud to put their names on. At Underwriters Laboratories, I served as executive communications partner to senior technical advisors — developing talking points, presentation decks, and strategic narratives for panels and research events.
3,497
LinkedIn likes
267
reshares
15
articles in 6 months
Press Releases & Media Relations
The press release isn't dead. It just has to be worth picking up. At United Digestive, I developed an integrated PR strategy that generated an average of 1,991 media pickups and 17,794 views per release. I've managed the full content lifecycle for scientific and clinical releases via PR Newswire and Business Wire, and served as in-house media liaison between organizational leadership and 80+ subject matter experts.
1,991
avg. media pickups
17,794
avg. views per release
Social & Digital Content
Digital writing isn't just shorter — it's a different discipline. At Oracle Health, I managed a newsletter with 50,000+ sends and 46,000 opens in a single fiscal year. At the CDC, a plain language rewrite reduced bounce rate by 45% and increased page engagement by 49%. At Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, keyword-informed copy drove 33% organic traffic growth to parent resource pages.
50K+
newsletter sends
45%
bounce rate reduction
33%
organic traffic growth
Podcast Work
A three-episode series that brought senior leadership closer to the people they lead.
At Oracle Health, I produced an internal podcast series from the ground up — episode strategy, titles, descriptions, scripting, and promotional copy distributed across Slack and internal newsletters.
In podcast terms, a 70%+ average completion rate means people weren't just pressing play. They stayed.
70%+
average episode completion rate
Humans Behind the Headcount
A podcast that puts a human face on workforce reduction — the people behind the numbers, in their own words. As executive producer, I shape the editorial vision, guide storytelling decisions, and ensure that every episode treats its subjects with the honesty and specificity they deserve.
Listen to the podcast