My career as a writer, editor, strategist and content creator has always focused on my deepest passion: Helping people live healthier lives. 

My work includes:

• Print and digital content for health and medical clients, custom publishers, government agencies and non-profit organizations
• Meeting summaries and research reports
• Patient education materials
• Public health campaigns
• Features, profiles, Q&As and blog posts 

I’m also the author of You'd Be So Pretty If:  Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies -- Even When We Don't Love Our Own (Da Capo Press, 2009), a non-fiction book exploring the powerful effect that a mother’s self-image has on her daughter.

Health Care Experience

• Chief, Office of Health Promotion, Rhode Island Department of Health
• Chief of Strategic Communications and Media Relations, HealthSource RI (state-based health insurance exchange)

Education

• B.S., Journalism; S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University

Certifications

• Advanced Social Media Strategy, Syracuse University and Hootsuite 
• Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications (CERC) basic certification, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Professional Affiliations

• Board Member, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
• 2024 Awards Chair, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
• Member, New England Chapter, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
• Fellow, Women’s Policy Institute, Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (Class of 2012)