Over the last 13 years, my writing career has allowed me to explore styles and topics before developing a deeper passion for culture reporting, long-form features, profiles, and personal essays. My writing has allowed me to report on the growing creator and trend ecosystem as early as 2012, spotlight women in STEM breaking the glass ceiling, pioneer my own weekly feminist creator column, cover the intersection of mental health and YouTube in print, write about trauma and sleep, and expand conversations around the topic of victim blaming – to name a few. I continue to be deeply passionate about supporting and sharing the style of trauma-informed journalism in the hopes of making this field a safer, more informed space for survivors of trauma. 

Below is a curated selection of my work with more clips being available upon request.

FEATURES:

• 8 Things to Try If Trauma is Ruining Your Sleep – SELF Magazine
• The Crucial Need for Trauma-Informed Training – YOGA + Life
• Why We Have to Stop Asking Survivors ‘Why Didn’t You Leave?’ — Renegade Media
• The Vlogging Cure — Psychology Today
• Donald Trump is a Trigger – Ms. Magazine
• What to Know About Sexual Assault Forensic Exams NYCAASA
• The Essential Role of the Survivor Advocate NYCAASA
• How to Decompress When Being Triggered By the News Cycle – NYCAASA
• Why SAFE Training Might Be the Most Vital Training You Ever Take – NYCAASA
• ‘I Can Finally Breathe’: Sexual Assault Survivors Find Healing Through Yoga – NBC
• D’Lo Challenges Hollywood to Tell Trans Stories – NBC
• Musician Grace Kelly is Making an Impact on Late Night – NBC

PROFILES:

• Laci Green Returns to YouTube – Daily Dot
• Meet the Musician Who Wants to Be the NDT of Classical Music – Thrillist
• ‘The Best We Could Do’: Thi Bui Honors Family in Debut Novel – NBC
• Keeping Up With Leon Bridges’ Only Female Bandmate – NBC
• Meet the Doctor Fueling YouTube’s Pimple Popping Obsession – Daily Dot
• Lia Cirio’s Quest to Modernize Ballet – NBC
• As Raja Kumari, Songwriter Svetha Rao Is Bridging East and West in Hip Hop – NBC
• Wong Fu and the secrets of DIY stardom — Daily Dot
• The Rise of Amy Okuda, from YouTube to ShondaLand — NBC

CULTURE REPORTING:

• Explainer: Coming Out on YouTube – Official YouTube Trends Blog
• 40 YA Books Showcasing Diverse Disability Representation – Epic Reads
• How to Diversify Your Reading (and Why It’s Important!) – Epic Reads
• 21 YA Books Sporting Interracial Love – Epic Reads
• Why We’re All So Obsessed With Mysteries and Thrillers – Epic Reads
• YouTube’s Crucial Role in Combatting Sexism in STEM – Daily Dot
• Meet Molly Burke, YouTube’s Relentless Activist – Daily Dot 
• For Dodie Clark, Opening Up About Domestic Violence Meant Educating Others – Daily Dot
• Copyright Claims Yank ‘Adult Wednesday Addams’ From YouTube – Daily Dot
• Curated selection of my weekly WCW column with the Daily Dot, which ran for two years, highlighting groundbreaking female creators within the male dominated YouTube ecosystem:
  • Remembering Christina Grimmie’s Legacy  
  • Musician Emily Arrow is Revolutionizing How Kids Connect to Literature
  • Space Historian Amy Shira Teitel is fighting for women in S.T.E.M.
  • Hollywood Star Lynn Chen is Not Your Average Foodie
  • Kat Blaque is the Sobering Conscience We Need
  • The Directors of Do Stuff Show There’s Space for Filmmaking on YouTube
  • For all WCW columns and creator profiles, click here.

PERSONAL ESSAYS:

• I Learned to Love My Body in a Room Full of Naked Korean Grandmas – Thrillist
• How Detective Shows Changed My Life – Thrillist