A curator by training, I’ve always been passionate about storytelling and driven by questions about care and accessibility. My writing career began at the Brooklyn Museum, where I managed the interpretation program, overseeing wall labels and learning materials for over thirty exhibitions.

Later, I became founding editor of the Art21 Magazine, a digital publication associated with the award-winning PBS series Art in the Twenty-First Century. In 2019, I was honored to receive an Arts Writers Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for my collaborative writing project, The Ostracon.

These days, I focus on health and healing. As a journalist, I’ve written about a network of Black rice farmers in the South, community reactions to Oakland’s first environmental plan, a cooking class to lower dementia rates for Black and Latinx folks, AI-powered mental health bots, and more.

As an educator, I’ve worked at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of Visual Arts and UC Berkeley (where I’m wrapping up my second master's degree with a focus on narrative journalism and public health). I’ve taught courses on art history, thesis writing, data science ethics, and the history of American capitalism—all encouraging students to think deeply about the world we live in.

People often tell me I “think like an artist,” which sums me up nicely. I have an insatiable curiosity about the human condition, a knack for spotting connections others might miss and an inner drive to create, crafting stories about issues that matter to me.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my wife and our entitled English Pointer.