I've been telling stories and starting businesses since I was a tiny tot.

At age 4, I narrated family road trips into a cassette player.

At 7, I wrote my first short story, followed by a series of chapter books my teachers read to the class at story time.

At 8, I set up a record stand in front of our house and sold Cheap Trick 45s to the neighbors.

And at 12, I became the youngest person to place in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. My story and photo made the front page of the local paper and I’ve been on a roll ever since.

I started my communications career working with late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. I then joined Microsoft, and have continuously worked with them as both an employee and consultant for over two decades. I’m a two-time entrepreneur, who in addition to advising Microsoft, has worked with clients like Pfizer, Disney, and American Express. My work as a strategist and writer has spanned employee communications, executive communications, branding, and digital storytelling, including hosting Microsoft’s Modern Communications series, producing and co-hosting their Managers 1:1 podcast, and being one of three employees hand-selected to moderate the monthly Employee Town Hall with Chairman & CEO Satya Nadella and the senior leadership team.

I’m also a complex trauma survivor on a mission to help people reclaim their purpose. Between 2019 and 2022, I navigated a series of life-altering events: back-to-back health crises, including a yearlong battle with ocular cancer; a major relocation; leaving Microsoft to launch my second business; and divorce—all during a global pandemic. These experiences fueled my award-winning podcast, "Here For Me," which explores the power of choosing ourselves, and my 2025 TED talk, “Transmuting Trauma to Reclaim Your Purpose.”

Born in Milwaukee and raised in Seattle—with chapters in New York, Montreal, San Diego, and Los Angeles—I’m now back home in Seattle, amongst the people and places I dearly love.