About Me
I was a child prodigy who hit national headlines for being placed in high school at age 7. I was featured on The Today Show and Phil Donahue, profiled by Paul Harvey, and interviewed by newspapers from coast to coast. I received the Golden Eagle Award from the American Academy of Achievement and spent time learning from President Jimmy Carter, Ray Charles, and Douglas Hofstadter—after reading Gödel, Escher, Bach on the plane.
But I never wanted to be the story. I wanted to tell them.
I’ve been in digital content ever since the days when “writer” meant “one-person publishing team.”
The Early Days
In 2008, I became the Phobias Guide for About.com, owning an entire vertical—from strategy and writing to community engagement and newsletter development. Like many freelance writers of the time, I supplemented my income with content mill gigs, always trying to bring humanity to SEO-driven chaos.
When the Google Panda update wiped those mills off the map, I was more than ready. As companies shifted toward thoughtful, audience-first storytelling, I brought deep editorial structure and a psychology-driven voice to meet them.
Instructional Design + Human Learning
In 2011, I joined Teacher’s Discovery as a digital curriculum designer, creating everything from one-off lessons to full e-textbooks for K–12 students. I thrived in the challenge of making knowledge feel human, playful, and usable...especially in the early, uncertain days of eLearning.
Building Teams and Strategy from Scratch
In 2014, I joined Main Street ROI, a New York agency that didn’t yet offer content services. Hired as a ghostwriter for the CEO, I quickly found myself answering client requests for blog posts, web copy, and messaging. I built the agency’s content department from the ground up, scaling to a five-person team managing over 100 long-term client accounts.
Where I Am Today
That “see a need, build a system” mindset is still at the core of everything I do. In recent years, I’ve worked across UX, editorial leadership, and AI model training—where I develop, test, and refine prompt libraries used in large-scale machine learning.
I’ve also recently learned that 17 of my articles have been cited in 83 scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed research and graduate theses across psychology, education, digital behavior, and even global economics. I’ve been quoted or referenced in over 40 books, including Run to Win, a political leadership guide with a foreword by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Now, I’m Owning That Impact
Today, I’m also building a digital platform around Lady Priscilla—a Dutch Shepherd service dog in training for my dad. The blog blends behavior science, emotional storytelling, and public access adventures, and it’s become a new home for the kind of trust-driven content I’ve always believed in.
From ghostwriting and instructional design to AI and advocacy, my career has never followed a straight line. But it’s always followed one rule:
Content isn’t just words. It’s trust. And that’s what I build.
“You can make anything by writing.”
C. S. Lewis