“Vigorous writing is concise.”

- Strunk & White

My goal is always to show, not tell. I prefer simple language, free of jargon. I prioritize my source’s voices. When I’ve done it right, I’ve brought the reader on a journey they didn’t know they wanted to take.

  • Education Writers Association, News, 2020

  • Education Writers Association, Visual Storytelling, 2019

  • Livingston Award, Finalist (national),  2017

  • San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, Digital Media,  2015

  • Education Writers Association, Feature Article, 2012

  • Barnard College, Lenore Marshall Prize for Prose, 2004

  • Barnard College, Anna Quindlen Fellowship, 2004

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