When people ask me what I write about, I have a hard time giving an elegant answer. I write about people, companies, machines, ideas. I write about successful leaders and the disenfranchised, about artists, activists, academics and innovators. I write about technology, psychology, neuroscience, health, creativity and leadership. I write short. I write long. I write for children and adults. I write journalism. I write fiction.
The common denominator: I'm a storyteller. Regardless the topic I've been tasked or given myself to tackle, my goal is always to reach the beating heart of the matter. And it's been working. I live off my words. Literally, my words pay my bills. But they also help me tell the stories that often go untold, to connect with people, and connect people with each other.
Below is a sampling of stories I've written. Have a look.
SAMPLE CLIPS:
Features:
Cannabis and the fight against America's opioid crisis, The Guardian
Thousands of College Kids Are Powering a Clickbait Empire, WIRED (Backchannel)
When Foster Care Is The Only Option, Palmer Home Magazine
Small Town, Big Screen, Naples Illustrated
From the Battlefield to B-School, BusinessWeek Magazine
Psychology:
Your Politics Are Showing: When Nudges Work, Chicago Booth Review
How We Trick Our Brains Into Feeling Productive, Fast Company
Why Having Too Many Choices Is Making You Unhappy, Fast Company
The Neuroscience of Imagination, Fast Company
Why Your Creativity Needs Boundaries to Thrive, Fast Company
How to Train Your Brain to Master Uncharted Terrain, Fast Company
Technology:
The Surprising Way Selfies Are Driving Phone Design, WIRED (Backchannel)
Fintech at the Crossroads, Chicago Booth Magazine
Inside The Movement To Solve Silicon Valley's Diversity Problem, Fast Company
Within Grasp: A World Without (Charging) Wires, Fortune
Marijuana manufacturing 2.0, Fortune
Amazon's new way to boost Kindle sales? Your old books, Fortune
Unlocking Business Ideas Hidden in the Natural World, Entrepreneur
Education:
Doctors Seek Aid From Business Schools, Wall Street Journal
Unlikely Partners For Global Change, Notre Dame Magazine
Cost-Wary Students Turn to Community Colleges, BusinessWeek Magazine
U.S. Colleges Stumped by Fraudulent Applications, BusinessWeek Magazine
Careers / Management:
Fast Track to the Corner Office, Men's Health
The Fascinating Evolution of Brogramming And The Fight To Get Women Back, Fast Company
Making a Career Out of Fighting Street Harassment With Hollaback, Fast Company
How to Stand In Front of A Room Of People And Tell A Stellar Story, Fast Company
The Rules for Coping with Sales Rejection, Entrepreneur
Small Business:
Building the Tinder of Tech Talent For Southeast Asia, Fast Company
How A High-Tech Mayo Startup Aims To Take Down Factory Farming, Fast Company
A Whiskey Brand That Won Investors (Without Getting Them Wasted), Entrepreneur
5 Steps to Turn a Dorm-Room Startup Into a Real-World Success, Inc.
How Failure Made These Entrepreneurs Millions, Entrepreneur
Retail:
The View From Here: Rosalind Brewer, President & CEO of Sam's Club, Real Simple
Inside The Company Building The Googleplex Of Marijuana Edibles, Fast Company
How Stella & Dot Is Giving Direct Sales A Mobile Makeover, Fast Company
A Fashion Guy Gets Gap Back to Basics, BusinessWeek Magazine
As Belts Tighten, Coach Feels the Pinch, BusinessWeek Magazine
Lifestyle:
The View From Here: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Real Simple
How To Cultivate A Creative Thinking Habit, Fast Company
The Best Place To Meet Women -- But Is It Worth The Risk?, Men's Health
Health/Wellness:
Treat Flu Symptoms with Random Shit in Your Kitchen, Tonic (Vice)
Stop Chasing After Happiness And Do This Instead, Fast Company
How Exercise Changes Your Brain, Fast Company
The Case Against 'Busy' And The Art Of Sitting Still, Fast Company
3 Bad Sleep Habits You Need to Break, Entrepreneur
Yoga:
Pigeon Pose: Enemy Or Friend? YogaCityNYC
Glenn Black: Mr. Anonymous Sees It All, YogaCityNYC
Loren Fishman: Rotator Cuff MD, YogaCityNYC
Headstands: Should They Be Taught?, YogaCityNYC
Fiction / On Writing:
The Night Vera Robinov Got Shot, American Literary Review
It's Clean, Baltimore Review, (1st Place Fiction Contest Winner)
Tyosha, Fourteen Hills
Five Authors On How They Overcame Creative Blocks, Fast Company
Book Review: You Only Get Letters From Jail by Jodi Angel, Colorado Review
On Suddenly, A Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret, Kenyon Review