The best way to make someone feel is with a story.

I'm a copywriter with a love for questions, the insights they reveal, and the process of bringing ideas to life that follows. I’m equally at home creating the work or leading a team into the thick of it.

My experience spans a range of creative and campaign copy, brand voice development, product and feature naming, and editorial content. I have more than 20 years of experience crafting strategic and creative copywriting for brands, including campaign concepting, scriptwriting, social media copy, and all the other words, too.

For the last four years, I led Brand Writing at Dropbox, working in the Brand Studio to deliver award-winning work and elevate the Dropbox brand and product through the thoughtful application of voice and tone. Before that I’ve collaborated with the likes of Google, YouTube, Nike, Adidas, Nest, PayPal, Sonos, Stouffer’s, Buitoni, SweeTARTS, Outshine, REI, and Columbia Sportswear to bring brand stories, large and small, to life. Agencies I’ve partnered with include Instrument, R/GA, Swift, Nemo, Cinco Design, Ziba Design, Wieden + Kennedy, Possible, and others who prefer to remain Top Secret (no joke).

My journalism has appeared in a range of publications, both print and online, including Bicycling Magazine, Bon Appétit, Saveur, Epicurious, and Portland Monthly. My poems have been published in Poetry International, Inkwell, The Clackamas Literary Review, and elsewhere.

I grew up surfing, climbing, and riding BMX bikes in San Diego, then moved to Portland, OR for college and have been here ever since. I spent a few years at New York University, where I was a University Fellow and earned an MFA in poetry, ate a lot of ramen, and generally fell in love with things. I miss New York all the time, but she understands. I also like to disappear into the woods all day to run.