Street cred: ​
In most of the last decade I've worked as a freelance writer of feature stories for regional weeklies and small to mid-market daily newspapers. Before that I worked for many years in media relations and assorted other communications roles for a number of non-profits and government agencies.  
     

My interests are numerous and wildly far flung. I love music, cooking and animals - and dogs and cats equally. In the realms of the mind, I'm especially interested in the workings of the natural world and the origin stories of new and useful technology, present and past.  

My curriculum vitae also includes (for extra credit): working a sweaty production line in a factory, washing pots and pans in a commercial kitchen, several seasons as a summer camp lifeguard, and a deafening experience as the official photographer at a NASCAR race track.   
      

Where I come from: 

I was born in a part of smog-choked, working class northern New Jersey that had seen better days. I lived the majority of my life in Vermont, not too far from the capitol city of Montpelier. Though I still feel very much a Vermonter, my husband and I recently moved to Minnesota to be helpful grandparents. Minnesota is impressive. 

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