My government experience showed me how written communication affects what senior leaders can achieve. I learned that easy-to-understand documents can make the difference between a worthwhile proposal being fully funded or cast aside in favour of a better written pitch. My journalism training constantly teaches me that what's simple to one person sounds like jargon to the next. The common thread? Audience matters.

I earned a master’s degree in journalism, a master’s degree in environmental studies, and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science. My journalism has been published in the Globe and Mail, Broadview magazine, Canada’s National Observer, The Signal, Capital magazine, and SOLutions magazine.