About Me

I am an empathetic and strategic storyteller with more than two decades of experience as a journalist, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and creative director. My aim is to create compelling content that educates, illuminates, and makes people's lives better. 

After working as a Hollywood screenwriter (I sold 14 screenplays to major studios--everything from book adaptations to ripped-from-the-headlines true crime stories to romantic comedies) and producing the Emmy-nominated HBO "Band of Brothers" documentary We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company, I went to art school to get my MFA in Visual Studies. 

I wish everyone could go to art school. It teaches you how to see. 

Most recently, I served as the Senior Creative Director of First Responders Children’s Foundation, where I wrote, directed, and produced national multi-media campaigns (TV, radio, print, digital) that won seven Telly Awards, two Anthem Awards and generated over $50 million dollars in donated media in less than two years. I also created, produced, and co-hosted the podcast “First on the Scene,” which debuted on CNN and was nominated for a Webby in 2022.

My writing has appeared in the California Museum, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Premiere Magazine, among other publications.