As a writer, editor, and marketing communications strategist, my goal is to make complex concepts easy to understand while preserving critical information.

What I do

• Tailor technical content to specific audiences at all levels
• Manage marketing campaigns in social media, email, web, and print
• Develop and maintain processes for project management
• Test different communications to find out which is best

I am a senior communications specialist at American Student Assistance and a member of the Data and Marketing Association Ethics Policy Committee.

I’m a member of Somerville YIMBY, a group that promotes the creation of more housing as a solution to our regional housing shortage. I also volunteer to work on writing and other homework with students at 826Boston.

Need copy, editing, or communications help? Tell me about it.

Some Samples

• Print and email communications for student loan borrowers at a critical transition point
• Informational messaging to help borrowers avoid scams and help military servicemembers access education resources
• Draft DMA Ethics Policy Memo about Pokémon Go: Augmented Reality and Data Privacy Concerns
• The Student Loan Resources and College Planning Services section of asa.org (in collaboration with other teams)
• Numerous articles on saltmoney.org (in collaboration with other teams)
• Contributions to community.saltmoney.org and the SALT blog
• SEO-driven copy for United Domains top-level domain pages including .ARAB and .SECURE

Technical Publications

• Linux in a Nutshell 4th and 5th eds. Co-author for command reference and content on GNOME desktop
• Running Linux 4th and 5th eds. Contributor to sections on GNOME desktop and package management
• “What is GNOME,” O’Reilly Network, August 2005
• Software manuals including the Evolution User’s Guide through version 2.4 and the documentation and man pages for Novell ZENworks Linux Management 6.5

Vanity Projects

• It’s Secretly Ironic, a newsletter
• When the Voice Speaks, a short volume of poetry
• My personal blog, Secretly Ironic
• Book reviews at Bookdwarf.com