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CREATOR:

My internationally exhibited digital stories address issues ranging from the impact of found objects and small moments, to the effect of deep time, environmental trauma, and human consequence on the environment. My travel experiences to edges of the world (Svalbard, Micronesia, Samburu, Wakayama, among others), inform the way I write about and visualize the natural world, human engagement, and their intersections.

STORYTELLER/JOURNALIST/AUTHOR:

I am a storyteller, book author, nationally published journalist, and versatile communications writer with over 30 years of experience. 

I co-authored an award-winning memoir with Little, Brown & Company (published in six countries) and contributed to a book of essays published by University Press of New England. 

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I write for The Boston Globe and have written for The New York Times, Harvard School of Education, Boston University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scientific American, Marie Claire, WGBH Boston, NOVA, Root Capital, Ceres, WBUR Boston, New Hampshire Public Radio, and many other outlets.

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EDUCATOR:

I have been an educator in the field of Behavioral Health for over 25 years. As the director of the Education Initiative at the Mind/Body Medical Institute (now the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital), I trained hundreds of educators and students from pre-kindergarten through college in urban, suburban, public and private schools, providing effective interventions for decreasing stress and its symptoms while improving self regulation, attention, focus, executive function, communication, and increasing the capacity for personal, professional, academic, and interpersonal success. I work with schools pre-kindergarten through high school.

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I currently teach for Boston University's Prison Education Program (PEP) in both men's and women's carceral facilities. 

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