[ THE BIG PICTURE ]

• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial storyteller, community builder & people connector with intense curiosity and creativity who is passionate about producing paradigm-smashing, perspective-shifting stories & events for web, print, video, and stage.

• Areas of expertise include food, health, wellness, entertainment, psychedelics, regenerative ag, and cannabis/CBD

• Knowledge of and deep experience with story research/development; scriptwriting and show ideation; guest booking; moderator prep; show flows; interviewing; supervising editors, animators, and VO artists; panel creation; event production

• Skilled in conversion, product, and email copywriting as well as copyediting and proofreading

• Experienced wrangler and interviewer of shy neuroscientists, small children, know-it-all celebrities, feral hogs, and Larry David

[ EXPERIENCE ]

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Writer / Producer / Researcher | September 2021–Present

• Conceive, research, and develop programming for The World Science Festival’s “Big Ideas” series.

• Duties include conducting deep scientific and story research; interviewing, booking, and preparing guests and moderators; creating show flows and research packets; directing video shoots and live panel conversations; shepherding all elements of post-production including editing, VFX, animation, music, and marketing/promotion

PERSONAL PLANTS

Creative & Editorial Director | May 2021–December 2022

• Strategized, produced, and edited content for Personal Plants, a platform for encouraging women to grow their own medicinal plants and develop a relationship with them.

• Worked closely with CEO/founder to create brand and editorial strategy, build community, and find investors and strategic partners

CATALINA CREATIVE STUDIO

Freelance Copywriter / Copyeditor / Producer / Creative Director | January 2017–Present

• Write, produce, and direct written and video content for clients including the Whole Foods Market, UMBO, Tito’s, Sustainable Food Center, New Zealand Sustainable Wines, Unlimited Sciences, The Nowak Society, and RE Botanicals.

• Develop and write taglines, brand stories, and email copy for e-commerce clients

• Write and copyedit digital content for The Whole Story, a blog profiling stories of the dreamers, doers, farmers, buyers, bakers, and organic candlemakers behind Whole Foods Market.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET | AUSTIN, TX

Writer/Producer/Director | September 2012–January 2017

• Conceived, produced, wrote, edited, and directed digital lifestyle content for the Whole Foods Market brand and its James Beard Award–winning online magazine, Dark Rye

• Managed all elements of video preproduction, production, and post-production. Content included lifestyle documentaries, cooking videos, animated teases, brand image content, and more.

• Liaised with Whole Foods Market vendors, supervised talent, and conducted interviews

• Organized crew, travel, budget, and camera equipment for domestic and international shoots

• Liaised with writers; proofread essays, recipes, and infographics; and developed story ideas. Supervised and edited the copy, illustration, and design of Dark Rye.

• Featured in and/or honored by Vimeo Staff Picks, National Geographic Short Film Showcase, The Webby Awards, The James Beard Foundation, and Best Food Writing 2014

• 2014 South by Southwest Interactive & Film Festival Panelist. 2015 Saveur Blog Awards Panelist.

HBO | NEW YORK, NY

Writer/Producer/Director/Editor | June 2006–August 2012

• Created trailers, promos, featurettes, and long-form interstitial content

• Lead producer for Girls and Curb Your Enthusiasm, creating and supervising a wide range of promotional content for each campaign

• Wrote, produced, and edited promos for Bored to Death, True Blood, Funny or Die Presents, Generation Kill, and HBO Family campaigns

• Liaised with show producers and programming executives, supervised shoots, and conducted behind-the-scenes interviews with talent

• Made Larry David chuckle.

MARIA B. CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES | NEW YORK, NY

Senior Literary Scout | June 2002–June 2006

• Worked for Warner Bros. Pictures and thirteen international publishers to identify major fiction and nonfiction books for translation and feature film adaptation

• Read and reported on proposals and manuscripts

• Cultivated and maintained relationships with book editors and literary agents as well as Warner Bros. Pictures executives, book-to-film agents, and Warner Bros.-affiliated producers

• Accumulated, organized, and disseminated information on film and publishing acquisitions

• Tracked novelists, journalists, screenwriters, and directors in order to liaise with editors, producers, and development executives

[ EDUCATION ]

BOWDOIN COLLEGE | BRUNSWICK, ME

• A.B. in English with minor in Film Studies and Art History cum laude

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

• I learned way too much about semicolons, parallelism, and dangling modifiers while participating in UCSD’s copyediting certification, a four-semester-long, rigorous program that I completed in February 2020.

[ VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE ]

THE PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY OF TEXAS | AUSTIN, TX

Director | October 2021–Present

• I spearhead the Austin chapter of PsyT (“sight”), a Texas-based, all-volunteer-run organization that encourages conversation, connection, and integration around psychedelics and their transformative power. I organize and lead integration circles, storytelling events, social hours, educational talks, workshops, panels, and more.

• 2023 SXSW Panelist - Moderator of “Psychedelics & First Responders”