I anticipate and solve problems. I tell riveting, informative, delightful stories. I lead teams from spark to idea to execution and distribution.
I’ve developed, written, and produced daily, weekly, and long-form shows. I work across original editorial, brand partnerships, and podcast strategy.
I translate complex ideas into concise, accessible language.
the longer version
Most recently, I was the executive producer of Off Duty, a seven-part series for The Guardian about the murder of a police officer in Chicago.
I was the Executive Producer for Development and Partnerships at Pineapple Street Studios. I created our development team, and the systems for assessing and greenlighting pitches. I brought shows from pitch to air, via a concentrated development period to hone the vision and map production milestones.
In my previous role as senior producer, I led the teams that made Will Be Wild, Because of Anita, My Fugitive, Pod Save America’s Iowa series, Stay Tuned with Preet, and other projects. I co-EP’d and co-wrote the audio stories for The Book of Hov, the interactive exhibit about the artist JAY-Z at the Brooklyn Public Library.
I produce Octavia’s Parables, a chapter-by-chapter read-along of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents and Parable of the Sower, hosted by adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagon.
Before Pineapple, I was the senior producer at Note to Self, at WNYC Studios. And before that, I was the reporter for WNYC’s all-star Data News team. I made a series with Jad Abumrad about gay conversion therapy called UnErased, a series with Edible Magazine about food and technology, and helped launch Lemonada’s first series about the opioid crisis. I was an Alicia Patterson Fellow, an editor at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, and a reporter at the Center for Public Integrity.
I started in radio at WBAI, producing a live three-hour morning show. I was co-director with Deepa Fernandes of a nonprofit called People’s Production House, which trained low-wage workers and high-school students as radio reporters. I speak fluent French and interview-capable Spanish, and am working on my Italian. And I worked on special effects for Starship Troopers.
I’m finishing up a Masters in Emergency Management, focusing on how to create trust in disaster. I write an occasional disaster newsletter, called Whisper and Shout.