Who Am I?

I began my career at Virginia Living, a regional lifestyle magazine in Richmond, Virginia. There, a few patient, seasoned editors taught me the fundamentals of reporting and producing quality journalism; think calling up sources, writing and editing to AP Style, and using proofreading marks.

After four years, I decided to take a chance on myself and move to New York City. I soon landed at Allured Business Media, a company that specializes in trade publications. There, I wrote news items for B2B audiences in the flavor, fragrance, cosmetics, and spa industries, and took my first ever trip to Chicago (Lou Malnati’s > Giorodano’s). I was eventually promoted to associate managing editor of Perfumer & Flavorist+, where I oversaw all aspects of editorial.  

A chance meeting at an industry event led me to Byrdie. For nearly five wonderful, whirlwind years, I got a crash course in SEO and Google Discover, interviewed some of the coolest people for features I still can’t believe they let me write, took a million selfies for product reviews, stayed up late offering awards show commentary on Slack, and wrote more nail galleries in a couple of years than most people will ever read in their entire lives.