about Me
I'm a freelance writer based in Baltimore. My work has appeared in ARTnews, Civil Eats, Inside Climate News, KQED, National Wildlife magazine, and two Phaidon Press books, among other publications.
As a journalist, I work at the intersection of food, health, and environmental justice. I've written about southern farmers adopting eco-friendly rice-growing practices, a combined cooking class and dementia study for Black and Latine elders, a queer couple organizing for LGBTQ+ farmers’ mental health, and a James Beard Award–winning chef who fed her neighbors after a devastating hurricane.
In 2025, my reporting was supported by fellowships with the Pulitzer Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. More recently, I received a grant from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in art history at San Francisco State University. I also hold two master's degrees—one in curatorial studies from Bard College and another in journalism from UC Berkeley.
how I got here
living creatively
Before I pivoted to journalism, I spent over two decades as an arts administrator and curator of contemporary art.
At the Brooklyn Museum, I led interpretive strategy for over 30 exhibitions, including Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, ©Murakami, and Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life.
Later, I became founding editor of Art21 Magazine, a digital companion to the Emmy-nominated PBS series Art in the Twenty-First Century. In 2019, I received an Arts Writers Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
I've also organized a citywide art exhibition for Nashville's Office of Arts and Culture; taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and UC Berkeley; guest lectured at Sotheby's and spoken on a TEDx stage; and organized a traveling pie social where dessert catalyzes conversation about community needs.
I continue to collaborate with arts organizations across the U.S. through commissions, residencies, and special projects.
