writer, editor
New York City is home but Portland, Maine is home base. I grew up in Sacramento, California, and completed a BA in comparative literature, French and English, at Mills College in Oakland (and if I call you, you’ll see the 510 area code). I moved to New York City to attend NYU’s Journalism Institute (MA; magazine writing), and later was invited to the Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s University in Brooklyn (MFA; creative nonfiction and memoir) on a full merit-based scholarship.
Currently, I’m the executive editor of Highsnobiety. I edit the print magazine and digital features, working closely with our stellar editorial crew to bring stories to life across platforms, hone our craft, and elevate our writing. In 2024, the magazine received its very first ASME nomination, won in the General Excellence category, and took home a couple Webby Awards.
I’ve worked in magazines and related media for about fifteen years, starting as an intern for The Believer and McSweeney’s and making my way to Condé Nast, where I was first a digital producer at Vanity Fair and ultimately the deputy managing editor of GQ. From there I went to Wealthsimple, the Toronto-based fin-tech brand magazine. I served as managing editor and an editor before going freelance. For a while I covered the “culture of time” as a columnist for HODINKEE and reviewed poetry and memoir for the San Francisco Chronicle. I also edited for BBC: Travel as well as BBC: Worklife, where I embedded for a bit to build out the Family Tree vertical. I occasionally teach craft workshops through the Lighthouse Writers Workshop and have worked as a contracted copywriter, ghostwriter, and editor for various brands and publications (request my portfolio here).
My personal work has appeared in Maine Magazine, GQ, Real Life, Bon Appétit, Tablet, Guernica, The Pitchfork Review, Salon.com, and Narratively, among others, and my cross-genre chapbook has been shortlisted for multiple prizes.
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