I’m a science journalist based in Washington, DC. I studied biology and English literature at a tiny liberal arts college in Texas called Trinity University, and I’m a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars masters program in science writing.

These days I work as a a senior digital editor at National Geographic where I commission and edit science stories for their website covering everything from the latest dinosaur discoveries to how space impacts the human body.

In a past life, I worked as a multimedia producer and editor for a non-profit newsroom called Science News , where I wore a variety of hats including reporter, data visualizer, video producer, project manager, and social media wrangler. Over the course of my career, I’ve also had the pleasure of writing for Smithsonian, Nature, NPR.org (The Salt and Shots), and The Daily Beast.

This year, I helped develop, produce, and launch a six-episode, narrative podcast called The Deep End about people who opted to get brain implants to treat their severe depression. You can listen here.

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