work experience

Current

• Project Editor, Michigan Mental Health Series, Early Education MattersIssue Media Group. Covering solutions that Michigan's community mental health agencies are implementing to help Michiganders deal with their mental and behavioral health needs.

• Author, State of Health Series, Second Wave Michigan · A series about how Michigan communities are rising to address health challenges. Previous coverage examined health disparities and how they affect Michigan's children and seniors and integrated care and its potential to improve Michiganders' health. 

• Editorial Team, Karen McDiarmid Design

• Communications Manager, Our Kitchen Table

Past

• Contract marketing writer, Grand Rapids Press 1990 - 2012 

• Lead copywriter, True Value Media 2005 - 2009

• Director Public Relations, Trussell Advertising, 1998 - 2002

• Adjunct Professor of English, Aquinas College, 1996 - 2001

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Education

• University of Illinois Chicago & Aquinas College, BA English Literature Magna Cum Laude