I’m a writer, storyteller, cultural strategist, accessibility advocate, and proud fangirl. I’ve spent my career exploring the intersections of culture, creativity, disability, and identity, with a particular interest in amplifying disabled and neurodivergent voices that are too often sidelined.

My work spans zines, essays, music, cultural criticism, podcasts, and communications, all threaded together by a love for first-person stories, pop culture, and DIY philosophy.

I started my career as an editor at the award-winning Clamor Magazine, where I edited personal essays and interviews. I have been a regular contributor to the groundbreaking media outlet Bitch Media and featured in their anthology BitchFest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from Bitch Magazine, and a frequent contributor to Chicago alternative newspaper NewCity as a music reviewer, columnist, and interim editor.

I co-founded and published The Learned Fangirl from 2008 to 2020, a frequently cited website that spotlighted voices in fandom, technology, and online culture, and was nominated for 2020 IGNYTE Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre. My other writing and essays have appeared in The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, Uncanny Magazine, Prism, Time Out, and Paste.

I’ve worked for JSTOR Daily, Citizen Engagement Lab, and other organizations, and I currently serve as Program Director at Disability Culture Lab, where I run the Disability Rising Fellowship Program, which supports media opportunities for disabled leaders.

As the founder of Wild Ramp Publishing, I’ve helped create a home for voices that are quirky, curious, and unapologetically joyful. From zine microgrants to series like Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond, I nurture spaces for people to tell their stories on their own terms: whether that means geeking out over fandom, exploring late-life or nontraditional creative paths, or giving new life to overlooked narratives.

Over the course of my 20-plus years in communications, journalism, and digital media, I’ve built a recognized body of work at the crossroads of culture, accessibility, pop culture, and narrative strategy, with a deep commitment to disabled and neurodivergent audiences. I’m a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) through the International Association of Accessibility Professionals.

I’ve held significant fellowships and leadership roles, including as a 2024 Emerge Fellow at the Longmore Institute on Disability; a 2020 Leadership Institute Fellow with Disability Lead; a member of the 2021 Borealis Philanthropy Disability Inclusion Fund Grantmaking Committee; and a member of the Fulbright Specialist Roster from 2023–2026. I was also named one of Crain’s Chicago Business’s “Notable Black Leaders” for 2024.

I’ve shared insights at conferences like the Experience Music Project Pop Conference and MIT’s Media in Transition, and have been interviewed on Chicago Public Radio, WGN Radio, and KPCC in Southern California.

I’m here to help disabled and neurodivergent creatives tell their stories, topple norms, and ensure that every kind of voice gets its chance to be heard.