About Me

I am a freelance writer and editor, with particular interests in physical and emotional wellness, women’s health and pregnancy, and social justice.

I’m also a creative explorer of the world, striving to make meaning of my life experience with words and art. I have four children through birth and adoption and live an idyllic life in Carrboro, North Carolina.

I have a biology degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a midwifery license from New Mexico. In alternate universes, I’m an infectious disease specialist, photographer for Nat Geo, midwife, marine biologist, shaman, and whatever job allows me to pet a tiger. But in this universe, I’m happy to work with words.

What did I do before Freelancing?

  • Delivered over 120 babies in a birth center and in homes

  • Provided maternal and well-woman care in Taos, New Mexico

  • Completed my undergraduate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill as a single mom of two

  • Worked on a large NIH women’s health study

  • Adopted two children and homeschooled them until high school

  • Published a book for a homeschool science curriculum