I am drawn to writing about nature, history, and the mysteries that connect beauty and loss. My work often explores the ways people make meaning of the world around them and their place within it.  I like to highlight mankind’s hubris in attempting to subvert nature, and the intersection between the exploitation of the environment and marginalized people.

My career began in public school classrooms in Boston and Concord, Mass., before leading me into educational publishing, where I spent many years developing K–12 language arts and social studies programs as a Senior Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Along the way, I also volunteered with 826 Boston, tutoring students and helping create opportunities for young writers to discover their own voices.

I earned a B.A. in English from Tufts University, an M.Ed. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and in 2022, an MFA with a concentration in Historical Fiction from Salve Regina University. But some of my most meaningful lessons have come from listening — to children, to stories, and to the natural world.

My work has appeared in The Sun and The Ilanot Review, and I was longlisted for the CRAFT Setting Sketch Challenge for a recent manuscript excerpt. I am also a founder of the blog, Acts of Revision.

I am passionate about promoting good stewardship of the environment, especially among young people. I direct the educational programming for 400 Trees, a Mass.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching kids about nature while building community coalitions to support climate resilience through planting trees. 

When I am not writing or teaching, I’m usually spending time with my grown children, volunteering at my local community theater, wandering wooded trails with my dog, hiking, skiing, or finding other reasons to be outdoors.