I’m a freelancer living near San Francisco, California. In the last few years, I have published articles on everything from science to art to politics to travel writing. My work has appeared in Salon, Writer’s Digest, The Writer, Paste, Bitch, Scholastic Instructor, Bay Nature, Alternet.org, The Door, California Tour and Travel, Sierra Heritage, Outdoor California, East Bay Express, Sacramento News and Review, San Francisco Chronicle, and many others. Check out the clips page for more.

In 2006, I graduated from San Francisco State University with a MA in English/Creative Writing where I served on the editorial board for Fourteen Hills Literary Journal. My chapbook The End of the World as I Know It recently won runner-up for the Michael Rubin Chapbook Award at SFSU. In 1999, I graduated from University of Oregon with a BA in English.

Prior to freelancing, I was a reporter for the North Bay Business Journal, where I covered Health Care, Tourism, Finance, and Education. I have also worked in editorial for Willamette Week, Portland Family Magazine, and others.

I live with my husband Kyle Rankin, a System Administrator and author of tech books, including the best-selling Knoppix Hacks.