About Me

I love Led Zeppelin and puppies just as much as the next girl but that definitely doesn’t make me a unique snowflake. So I’ll share something less common: I hate musicals. And I’m not crazy about Ernest Hemingway. I’ve been told this makes me un-American.

My supposed lack of patriotism aside, I’m a grant writer/fundraiser by day, food blogger by night (but mostly weekends because I do more netflix-watching in the evenings than I should.) I  manage social media for The Family Relief Nursery, Eugene Metropolitan Rotary Club and the Great Rotary Duck Race.

I love cooking with my friends and family and I write about all things smoothie and food related. And last year I got to hold a baby alligator. Her name is Tinkerbell!

My personal and professional passion is mission-driven work ranging from international development and social entrepreneurship to local child abuse prevention programs and animal shelters. Bono gets a lot of slack for being pretentious about his mission-driven work but chasing down global poverty, hunger and malaria with Jeffrey Sachs sounds like living the dream to me. But since I am neither a world-class economist nor a rock star I’m committed to smaller-scale endeavors.

When I’m not writing for work I’m editing for my friends and family – essays, personal statements, scholarship applications, articles about comic books and trying to avoid ghostwriting my best friend’s “auto”biography.

You can read more of my writing here:
Local nonprofit named one of Oregon Business’ 100 greenest companies

Technology Incubator Launches Local Business to National Success

UO Biofuels Start-up Open for Business

Small Business Expands with $4 million Community Investment, 250 New Jobs

OML’s Distance Learning Program Meets Demand for Med Techs

BRING Recycling Builds “Planet Improvement Center”

Revolving Loan Program Helps Rural Homeowners

Water District Receives $1 million Community Development Grant

Rural Housing Rehabilitation Program Assists Seniors