ABOUT ME

I'm from Arizona but have lived in Salt Lake City for the past seven years. I've held a number of professional roles in higher education--accounting, IT support, advising, adjunct instruction, and learning design--and through it all I've been fortunate enough to live out my two biggest passions: writing and teaching. If after you've reviewed my portfolio are interested in hiring me, you can contact me here. Thank you sincerely for taking the time to read a little bit about me and my work.

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I've always had a fascination with words and language, but I never could figure out how to make that "work." I explored nearly all the Humanities majors that exist while I was in college--English, writing, art history, history, linguistics--but none of them were quite the right fit. Fast forward to a year after graduation, when I started exploring the idea of graduate school, I stumbled across a degree in Professional Writing. This program, with its audience-minded, goal-based writing, combined my love of communication with my desire to get. things. done! Once I completed my graduate degree, I put my professional writing skills to use in my job as an advisor and also started a volunteer stint as an editor and writer with a fan site for another of my loves: the Irish rock band, U2.

As a writer, creating content that my audience can understand and learn from is my priority. Editing, the art of taking something good and making it even better, is my favorite writing task.

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While in one of my first post-college jobs, I discovered another passion: teaching. I worked as an academic advisor at the University of Utah and was able to teach a major exploration class for several semesters. Though I have worked in higher education since I was 18, I had never TA'd in college or taught before that point. I absolutely fell in love with education: being able to share knowledge with others, to help them solve a problem or accomplish a goal, is one of the most important jobs in the world (in my humble opinion, at least!). Eager to expand my teaching skills, I completed a certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Shortly afterward, I completed the next step in my professional evolution and started a career as a learning designer. Working with faculty to create engaging, accessible online courses is so rewarding and allows me to employ tech writing skills as well. I still get to teach, sharing my love of professional communication with students as an adjunct instructor of technical writing at Weber State University.

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Teaching is in my blood: my mother and grandmother are both educators. But it is so much more to me than just genetics. It is a joy and honor to create and deliver learning experiences for others.