I love a good story and have spent more than 15 years telling them as a journalist, marketing professional, and most recently, as a podcaster.

I host and produce the Democracy Works podcast, a collaboration between the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State and WPSU Penn State, central Pennsylvania’s NPR station and When the People Decide, a narrative podcast about how everyday people are using ballot initiatives to create political change by bringing issues they care about directly to their fellow voters. I’m thrilled to bring those stories to my first book, Be the Spark: A Field Guide to Changing American Politics, which is currently under review with a publisher.

When I’m not podcasting, I plan and execute all of the McCourtney Institute’s external communications. I also teach courses in journalism and the creator economy at in Penn State’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and work with national and international clients as a freelance writer and marketer.

For the 2026-27 academic year, I am a visiting fellow in media and democracy at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. I am working on a project to bring together content creators and democracy organizations to help democracy-focused content reach a wider audience.

Learn more about my writing, podcasting, teaching, and speaking on marketing, higher ed, podcasting, and more. Or, if you want to see it all in one place, you can find my resume here.

Want to work together? Let’s talk or connect with me on LinkedIn.