Hi! I’m a journalist and fiction writer covering travel, science and technology, and culture. I’m proud to be a regular contributor to the B2B fashion industry magazine Fashion Dive, the neuroscience trade magazine The Transmitter, and Reader’s Digest. My work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Atlas Obscura, Time Out, TED Ideas, Granta, and The Kenyon Review, among other places. I’ve also done audio storytelling and literary translation. (I’m fluent in Spanish.)

I have a B.S. in physics and a B.A. in creative writing from the University of Southern California and an M.F.A. in fiction from Cornell University. I was privileged to make my start in journalism at Science magazine, where I was first an intern, then a reporter and editor. In 2015-2016, I spent nine months in Nicaragua on a Fulbright grant, researching a novel. As a fiction writer, I am represented by the wonderful Samantha Shea of Georges Borchardt, Inc.

I’ve lived in Scotland, Silicon Valley, Washington, DC., New York City, Nicaragua, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal.

Thanks for reading!

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Casablanca, Summer 2024. Photo by the incredible Mona Paris Photography