Editing demands a yogi's stamina, flexibility, and steady mind.
~ Susan Bell in The Artful Edit
I love the magic of words and how language works.
I also love to learn, and a vast universe makes that possible every day.
That my love for words and learning inspires me and allows me to help others communicate something important to them makes the work I do rewarding indeed.
I'm an editor, a writer, and a teacher. Officially, it's my job to improve something that's been written, to do the actual writing, or to coach others who want to express something. So, I edit articles and books (mostly), write all manner and forms of content, and sometimes teach. My editing and writing portfolio spans topics in science and consciousness studies, spirituality, psychology, health and wellness, emerging worldviews, profiles, and reviews. With more than fifteen years in publishing, I've acquired a broad skill set, which includes managing project teams and collaborating across organizational departments. For three years, I was the staff copy editor and the food and profiles editor of Yoga Journal magazine, which gave me experience with a consumer brand and an editorial team that repeatedly won Folio’s Gold Editorial Excellence Award. At the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a nonprofit that advances research on consciousness and programs in transformative learning, I was the senior editor of its flagship publication, Shift magazine. Before I transitioned into publishing, I taught high school English for several years, working with students of all levels, from AP seniors to at-risk students. I still teach sometimes and have enjoyed adding the teaching of English as a second language to my experience. I studied for my master’s in English at the University of Chicago, where I was rigorously trained in the elements that create thoughtful and engaging writing. If you’d like to see my Linkedin profile, it’s here.
Unofficially, it’s my job to help people think more clearly and deeply, to fall in love with the art and the discipline of language—or at the very least to motivate them—and to remind people that how we work together is as important as the work we do together. Unofficially, it's also my job to be the change I want to see.
When I'm not editing, writing, or teaching, you'll likely find me enjoying yoga at some point in my day, biking or hiking a wooded trail, maybe out and about on an urban adventure, or cooking up something delicious from good food, which means organic and locally grown whenever possible. You might also find me reading any number of things----from books about metaphysics, to cultural and political commentary, memoirs, and fiction.
I am grateful for the familiar and the surprising ways love shows up in my life, and I am always inspired by my daughter, who is touching the lives of the children she teaches in our nation's capital through KIPP.
I also love to learn, and a vast universe makes that possible every day.
That my love for words and learning inspires me and allows me to help others communicate something important to them makes the work I do rewarding indeed.
I'm an editor, a writer, and a teacher. Officially, it's my job to improve something that's been written, to do the actual writing, or to coach others who want to express something. So, I edit articles and books (mostly), write all manner and forms of content, and sometimes teach. My editing and writing portfolio spans topics in science and consciousness studies, spirituality, psychology, health and wellness, emerging worldviews, profiles, and reviews. With more than fifteen years in publishing, I've acquired a broad skill set, which includes managing project teams and collaborating across organizational departments. For three years, I was the staff copy editor and the food and profiles editor of Yoga Journal magazine, which gave me experience with a consumer brand and an editorial team that repeatedly won Folio’s Gold Editorial Excellence Award. At the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a nonprofit that advances research on consciousness and programs in transformative learning, I was the senior editor of its flagship publication, Shift magazine. Before I transitioned into publishing, I taught high school English for several years, working with students of all levels, from AP seniors to at-risk students. I still teach sometimes and have enjoyed adding the teaching of English as a second language to my experience. I studied for my master’s in English at the University of Chicago, where I was rigorously trained in the elements that create thoughtful and engaging writing. If you’d like to see my Linkedin profile, it’s here.
Unofficially, it’s my job to help people think more clearly and deeply, to fall in love with the art and the discipline of language—or at the very least to motivate them—and to remind people that how we work together is as important as the work we do together. Unofficially, it's also my job to be the change I want to see.
When I'm not editing, writing, or teaching, you'll likely find me enjoying yoga at some point in my day, biking or hiking a wooded trail, maybe out and about on an urban adventure, or cooking up something delicious from good food, which means organic and locally grown whenever possible. You might also find me reading any number of things----from books about metaphysics, to cultural and political commentary, memoirs, and fiction.
I am grateful for the familiar and the surprising ways love shows up in my life, and I am always inspired by my daughter, who is touching the lives of the children she teaches in our nation's capital through KIPP.