I just completed my coursework for a master's degree in journalism for Northeastern University, and am now a freelance journalist. Before deciding to pursue a career in journalism, I was a paralegal for two years in the Health Care Fraud Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, Mass. I left the legal path for an associate editor position. where I worked on social studies textbooks for fourth and fifth graders as both an editor and writer. After, I joined the staff at the Harvard School of Public Health where I wrote for the Harvard Public Health Review. My writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe, Cruising World, and for ProPublica.
I received my bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. In addition to my high school diploma, a co-educational Quaker private school, I hold an International Baccalaureate diploma.
Along with writing, my other passion is sailing. For the last four years, I have worked on a schooner in Salem, Mass., sharing with the public local maritime history, basic sail training and the joy of being out on the water. I have also worked as a counselor on the schooner for the last two summers. During the week long programs, we teach children how to sail, what it takes to run a 70-foot boat, local history and basic map-making and navigation skills. The emphasis is on experiential and hands-on learning.