Before I became a marketing consultant, creator, or ghostwriter, I was a journalist first, long before LinkedIn ever knew my name.
I hold two journalism degrees (a B.A. from Penn State University and an M.A. from Point Park University in Pittsburgh), and I’ve spent my entire career obsessed with words, stories, and the impact they can make.
In college, I launched my own women’s publication, L7 Women’s Magazine, and grew a staff of 52 interns from across the U.S. I wrote, edited, assigned stories, built systems, managed people. It was my first taste of editorial leadership, and it shaped everything that came after.
From there, I wrote for and worked inside publications including:
College Magazine
FabFitFun (back when it was just a digital publication)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
STEM Jobs Magazine (Managing Editor)
GI Jobs Magazine (Managing Editor)
Military Spouse Magazine (Managing Editor)
Eventually, I transitioned from journalism to content marketing, right at what I like to call “the Dawn of BuzzFeed,” when traditional publications were shifting online and digital storytelling was exploding. It was a natural evolution: storytelling meets strategy, creativity meets data, editorial judgment meets digital momentum.
Around that same time, I also became an adjunct instructor and taught Writing for the Web at Penn State University, helping the next generation of writers understand how to communicate clearly, compellingly, and digitally.
Even as my career expanded into marketing leadership and digital strategy, I never stopped writing.
In 2018, I became a Contributing Writer for Forbes, and since then, my work has been published across multiple media outlets, platforms, and digital publications.
This page is an ode to that, a showcase of my latest and most popular pieces, and the writing that continues to shape my career today.
