If we are to be defined by what we’ve done, then this is who I am:
When I was younger, I received my bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and journalism from Syracuse University. Now, I am a freelance writer. These are some of the things I’ve done in the years between:
- Worked with villagers in Niger, West Africa, as a Peace Corps Volunteer
- Developed and taught a cross-cultural program for the Department of State in Niger.
- Counted an unfathomable number of jarred fish for the National Museum of Natural History.
- Produced the first in-house “behind-the-scenes” documentary video series displayed in the National Museum of Natural History.
- Volunteered as an EMT in Virginia and Maryland.
- Taught SCUBA and first aid to scientists as the assistant scientific diving officer for the Smithsonian Institution.
- Wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
- Worked as an assistant editor for Weatherwise magazine.
- Learned to code and build simple websites, including the first website for Weatherwise and the American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
- Became the science writer for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
- Became the science writer for Global Fishing Watch .
- Helped build a house with my own hands.
- Raised two amazing little people into amazing young adults.
- Learned to kiteboard down wind. . . I may have given up learning to go upwind.
I now make my home on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay with my husband, two pets, and an assortment of small boats, bikes, kites and boards. |
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