Scientist
After eight years as a biologist, I dropped out of a Ph.D. program at U.C. Berkeley. I left to pursue a career in writing.
I’m currently a Ben Bagdikian Editorial Fellow at Mother Jones, and my writing has been featured in Slate, Scientific American, Teen Vogue, and Sierra magazine, among other outlets. I returned to journalism after several years working in science communication at the NIH, choosing to leave in February of 2025 in response to the policies of the Trump administration (which I wrote about for Slate).
While I’m primarily a journalist, I’ve written personal essays and pieces of fiction that have been published in anthologies and literary journals. I also currently serve as an assistant editor for creative nonfiction at Wallstrait Literary Journal.
I live in Oakland, California, make ceramics, and spend a lot of time staring into the ocean.