About Me

I was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up an only child. Though shy, I was unbelievably creative and driven. My mother introduced me to musical theatre at a young age, and I became a lifelong fan of the stage. I spent years studying tap, ballet, and jazz, then choreographed and starred in my high school's productions of The Wiz and Guys and Dolls. In college, I performed in Count Dracula, then went on to direct No Exit Theatre Company's productions of Ten Little Indians, Rumors, and Drop Dead.

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Inspired by my favorite musical, Phantom of the Opera, I drafted my very first novel, The Opera Apparition, when I was only fourteen (though I never pursued publication). I also began writing poetry as a teenager. Many of my poems were published in literary magazines and anthologies. 

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In 1996, I moved to Virginia to attend college at Marymount University in Arlington. I graduated with a BA in psychology, then went on to pursue my master's degree in social work at the Catholic University of America. After my first year, however, I decided to withdraw and obtained an MBA in nonprofit management from Walden University instead.

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I spent most of my professional career working for health-related nonprofits in the Washington, DC, area, including the Arthritis Foundation Metro DC Chapter, American Psychological Foundation, Advocates for Youth, and Spina Bifida Association of America. In my 20+ years in fundraising, I crafted hundreds of appeals, articles, annual reports, web pages, e-campaigns, and social media posts, utilizing people's stories to inspire others to give to their favorite causes. 

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In 2021, I began freelancing to focus solely on my passions for writing and editing. I wrote celebrity news articles for TheThings.com and did content writing for businesses. For almost three years, I worked as a deputy editor for Write My Wrongs Co, where I edited fiction and nonfiction books for those pursuing self-publication. In March 2024, I left and joined the editing staff of WriteByNight in New York. In my own successful editing business, I work with both self-published and traditionally published authors on beta reads, line and copy edits, developmental edits, proofreads, and ghostwrites. 

 

I still live in Northern Virginia with my husband and two daughters. When I'm not working, I'm usually at a softball game since both my girls play. I'm also a huge music fan and an avid concertgoer. A skilled amateur photographer, I've been sharing my concert photos on social media since 2015. 

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I'm currently finishing up my first novel, which was inspired by my love of all things creative. 

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