My Master in Public Administration from Harvard taught me a few key tools I share with my students. 1) Go big. We work on admission essays, policy analyses, and professional statements that tell your story in unforgettable ways. 2) Data needs stories, and stories need data. Together we use your experience and expertise to turn complex health policy into persuasive arguments that drive your point home. 3) Focus on your why. Everyone has a different motivation that makes their work matter. Mine...
My Master in Public Administration from Harvard taught me a few key tools I share with my students. 1) Go big. We work on admission essays, policy analyses, and professional statements that tell your story in unforgettable ways. 2) Data needs stories, and stories need data. Together we use your experience and expertise to turn complex health policy into persuasive arguments that drive your point home. 3) Focus on your why. Everyone has a different motivation that makes their work matter. Mine is that I grew up in poverty without health insurance and saw how easily people fall through the cracks of our healthcare system. I’m here to help change that. What’s your why?
I’ve spent over fifteen years working where policy, public health, and healthcare strategy meet. My career has taken me from national nonprofit leadership to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and, most recently, to the Governor’s Office in Minnesota, where I led the Health Cabinet. Across every role, I’ve turned complex challenges into clear strategy. Whether aligning Medicaid and public health initiatives or drafting strategy memos for state leadership, I’ve spent my career helping people communicate ideas that move programs, funding, and outcomes forward.
I bring those same tools to students and early-career professionals in public health, policy, and healthcare administration. Together we tackle essays, policy memos, and professional statements with a focus on structure, storytelling, and confidence. I treat every session like a collaborative workshop. Students leave with clearer ideas, stronger drafts, and practical techniques they can reuse again and again.
Good writing is teachable. We start with understanding your why, build a solid structure, and use your research and expertise to hone into what matters most. My goal as a coach is to help you find your voice and write like someone whose work can change systems, because it can.
