ONGOING
FREELANCE SCIENCE WRITER AND EDITOR
I write and edit science and health stories for universities, nonprofit institutions, and media outlets. Current clients include Stanford Medicine, the University of Miami, Yale School of Medicine, the University of Washington, the Institute for Systems Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Message Lab, and the Simons Foundation. Past clients include Biomedical Computation Review, Cancer Discovery, The Scientist, Modernist Cuisine, Alzforum, Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, Conservation Magazine, Mongabay, The Loh Down on Science (NPR), Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald, Xconomy, and UCSF.
2018 – 2023 | ALLEN INSTITUTE
SENIOR EDITOR (Jan. 2022 – Sept. 2023)
SENIOR WRITER (May 2018 – Dec. 2021)
Led all written storytelling at the Institute, elevating website content and the profile of the Institute. Web traffic increased 13-50% year over year. Garnered media coverage in national and global outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, BBC, Nature, Science, Scientific American, WIRED, AP, and Forbes.
Wrote breaking news, large announcements, enterprise feature stories, and patient profiles. Several stories recognized with regional and national writing awards.
Produced and co-hosted Lab Notes, the Institute’s podcast. Launched new audio storytelling format for the Institute; key episodes include interviews with novelist Yaa Gyasi and consciousness expert Christof Koch.
Managed and edited summer editorial intern.
Launched and led SciComm@Allen, a science communication training and interest group for staff.
2009 – 2018 | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
WRITER/EDITOR (2013-2018)
Wrote one to two stories per week for news site and feature stories for the quarterly Hutch Magazine (circulation 60k). News stories led to media coverage from The New York Times, Discover, STAT, HealthDay, Geekwire, and others.
Covered basic and translational medical research for tight deadline news stories and in depth enterprise features. Stories recognized with national awards.
Regularly edited peers' stories.
Part of social media team that increased Facebook & Twitter audiences by >200%.
SENIOR SCIENCE WRITER (2011-2013)
Wrote fundraising proposals, progress reports and other material for donors; features and news stories for Hutch Magazine and public-facing website.
TECHNICAL EDITOR II (2009-2011)
Edited grants and manuscripts for head of scientific division. Launched and wrote a monthly internal scientific newsletter.
2008 | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (TEMPORARY POSITION)
Reported and wrote press releases and newsletters covering the College of Engineering.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE, SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Internships at Stanford University, Monterey Bay Herald, UC Berkeley.
PH.D., MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
B.S., BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Departmental and general honors
Northwest Science Writers Association's Best of the Northwest Award, 2023, honorable mention in multimedia category
Northwest Science Writers Association Career Development Award, 2023
National Association of Science Writers Excellence in Institutional Writing Award honorable mention, 2021 and 2022, short-form category
Northwest Science Writers Association's Best of the Northwest Award, 2020, institutional writing category
MarCom Platinum Award, 2016, Hutch Magazine “Rock Star Women in Science” issue MarCom Gold Award, 2016
National Association of Science Writers, member since 2008
Northwest Science Writers Association, member since 2010 and board member-at-large (2021), mentor (2020-present), led marketing for regional PIO conference (2017)
Panel member, The Business of Change: Creating a Business Guide for a Smooth Transition From Staff to Freelance, National Association of Science Writers roundtable, summer 2024
Launching a SciComm group: Elevate science communication through guided discussion & training, Science Talk 2023
Communicating Complex Topics, Seattle Interactive Conference 2022
Invited speaker, Women in Bio-Seattle careers presentation, 2017
Plenary panel: “Running a narrative science/tech newsroom,” Compelling Science Storytelling, 2017
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