As a skilled writer and interviewer, I offer my services to university clients, alumni magazines, and nonprofits to fulfill their storytelling and content needs. Below is a sampling of this work:
Growing Coffee, Planting Equality
University of Minnesota
Amanda Eastwood Chávez works to level the playing field in the coffee trade.
Advocating for Better Outcomes in Transitional Justice
Minnesota Law
Minnesota Law’s Human Rights Center works with U.N. Women to advance global human rights.
Fascinated by Finance
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Payden & Rygel’s Asha Joshi, a UCLA Anderson alum, fought sexism and stereotypes to make it to where she is in finance. Today, she says, it’s a completely different world than when she started.
Getting to Know Wine
DePaul Magazine
A Q&A with the director of DePaul’s School of Hospitality and Sports Business who teaches a popular class on wine. “Except for Antarctica, there really isn’t a continent where you can’t get amazing local wine.” (See page 6 in linked PDF)
UCLA Anderson’s Credit Pitch Competition Holds Tangible Value
UCLA Anderson School of Management
For the premier credit pitch competition in the U.S., teams of students come to Anderson from business schools as far away as London to pitch a credit investment idea to a panel of judges who themselves work in investment management.
Protecting Ideas
University of Minnesota
Chemistry graduate Shui Li combines her interests in technology, law, and medicine — including Chinese traditional medicine — in her work as a patent lawyer.
Bridging the Physical World with the Magic of Tech at UberEats
UCLA Anderson School of Management
For UCLA Anderson alum Sergio Gonzalez, managing operations for UberEats is one giant balancing act among restaurants and drivers, drivers and consumers (aka “the Eaters”), growth and profit.
How to get the right IEP or 504 for your child’s learning disabilities
GreatSchools
It can be tough for any parent to get the special education services their kids need, but it’s especially tricky for Black and Hispanic parents.
What immigrant parents need to know about education in the U.S.
GreatSchools
Whether an asylum-seeker, a refugee, or undocumented, school kids new to the country can still go to public school and end up doing well.
Dealing with teacher bias
GreatSchools
Sometimes educators assume that Black and Hispanic children or those learning English can’t handle advanced schoolwork. Here’s what parents can do to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Evolving from ‘Checkbook Philanthropy’ to Community Collaboration
The Giving List
As part of an annual drive for donations to nonprofits across the Bay Area, I wrote a Q&A with Susan Hirsch, founder of Hirsch Philanthropy Partners.