My Trauma-Informed Storytelling Journey & Founding Voices Editorial

Eighteen years ago, I accidentally began practicing trauma-informed storytelling.

While studying journalism in college, I also worked as a peer educator and survivor advocate at my university’s sexual assault prevention and resource center, supporting students affected by sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking.

As I trained in trauma-informed advocacy, I recognized a critical gap: journalists regularly interview people impacted by trauma — yet few are taught how to do so without risking harm.

So I began asking: What would it look like to apply trauma-informed care to storytelling?

For years, I followed that question — studying survivor-centered models, learning from therapists and advocates, conducting community interviews, and refining an approach rooted in agency, consent, collaboration, and dignity.

Long before the term was widely recognized, I was building what I now call trauma-informed storytelling: a practice that treats stories not as commodities, but as shared responsibility.

In 2018, I began offering trauma-informed communication services to nonprofits. In 2025, I took the leap to run Voices Editorial full-time — a consultancy devoted to helping organizations amplify community stories and impact with care, clarity, and strategy.

Today, I partner with organizations focused on supporting survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence, mental health, gender equity, philanthropy, and digital media. In addition to client work, I lead trauma-informed storytelling trainings and workshops that educate communication teams and journalism classrooms.

Previous and current clients include Polygraph for YouTube, Exhale to Inhale, The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, Resonant Voices, When Bearing Witness, Feminist Self-Defense, CARE, The PurpLE Health Foundation, South Asian SOAR, Resource Sharing Project, and more.

Across every partnership — and every training — my goal is simple: To make storytelling feel safer for survivors, for communities, and for the storytellers themselves. Because when stories are told with care, they build trust, integrity, and belonging.

Leading Innovation Storytelling at Scale

Previously, I served as Innovation Storytelling Manager at The Rockefeller Foundation, where I led editorial strategy and impact narratives highlighting a $50M+ global portfolio of 60+ grantees.

Our work focused on emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. I translated complex innovation ecosystems into human-centered stories, covering topics from Hello Tractor to AI tools to end forced labor and digital public infrastructure.

Earlier in my career, I spent more than eight years with YouTube as a Culture and Trends Specialist, researching how online communities form and evolve. My insights informed brand strategy, major marketing campaigns, and creator storytelling initiatives.

Journalism & Data Storytelling

My storytelling foundation is rooted in journalism, a passion I continue to pursue.

My work has appeared in HelpGuide, Psychology Today, SELF Magazine, YOGA + Life, NBC, Ms. Magazine, and Thrillist, often exploring mental health, survivorship, online communities, and reproductive justice. Now, you can find my regular writing on my Substack, Girls Got Thoughts.

Outside of all this: I am a cat mum to four mischievous rescues, a major bibliophile, an ice tea connoisseur, and firm believer that Clue is the best movie of all time.