As a writer, plant-based recipe developer, and fomer educator, I get to revel in lifelong learning, growing, and sharing. I am always open to new professional relationships. Please reach out anytime, and thank you for stopping by!


Freelance Writing, Recipe Development & Food Photography
I have been developing regular recipe packages for Organic India USA since 2018; recipe packages include original recipes, a broad selection of photos featuring products, romance copy/descriptions, and video clips for reels). I have also provided recipes, photos, and/or other recipe-related content such as articles for Good Karma Foods, Ancient Harvest/Quinoa Corporation, Nasoya, Beyond Good, Vegums, Madhava Natural Sweeteners, Natural Solutions Magazine, and numerous other brands and organizations. I served as a resource for recipe-focused articles, was a guest on a plant-based living-focused podcast, It’s Your Season.Life, and have also provided recipe testing for Yoga Journal.

In addition to the above, I have written a couple of children’s books and regularly put together website, newsletter, and social copy for various organizations and outlets including school districts, city authorities, and companies ranging from local to international. I’ve written articles and/or other written content for Boulder Daily Camera, Longmont Times-Call, Longmont Magazine, Northern Colorado Life Magazine, Loveland Magazine, myNOCO Magazine, At Home Magazine, Aging at Altitude, Broomfield Enterprise, Vibrant Health (Silver Hills Bakery, Little Northern Bakehouse), Natural Solutions Magazine, Natural Health Magazine, Delicious Living, Trail Runner, 5280, and more. 


Colorado Safe Routes to Schools Communications Coordinator May 2019-present
I currently manage communications for the Colorado Safe Routes to Schools program, administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), as part of the mPower Consulting team; our aim is to get more students walking, biking, and rolling to and from school through safe, accessible, equitable routes, infrastructure, and education opportunities. My role is to help implement, support, promote and encourage the Colorado Safe Routes to School Five-Year Strategic Plan through communications efforts, including website content and maintenance, newsletter and materials creation and distribution, and special events coordination.


Sample articles include:

Books
Sam’s Dinosaur (with David Mittan & Gail Mittan), as well as 11 other books and counting for MakeThinkers, available soon

Plot to Plate: Grow, Cook, Create! 
This was a project of love, a 3-year journey with my dear friend, former and forever teaching teammate, and co-author. 

Plot to Plate: Grow, Cook, Create! provides a practical, seasonal journey through food life for young children (PK-grade 2), their families, and teachers. This nonfiction children's book includes planting suggestions for container and conventional gardens; healthy, kid-tested recipes; science activities; and crafts using and relating to fresh and home-grown produce.

Currently we are developing Plot to Plate: Grow, Cook, Create! into an after-school program for students grades K-2, with an aim to expand into early childhood. The Plot to Plate: Kids Create after school curriculum will align with Colorado state standards and offer a range of hands-on, meaningful activities that can support, extend, and enhance learning. It will draw together resources that combine a sense of wonder, joy and knowledge of growing, cooking, and sharing together in family-friendly fashion. Moreover, activities will align with Colorado state standards, and incorporate and purposefully highlight regular movement breaks.

Additional book credits include:

  • Contributed 2 stories to Boulder County Celebrations. c 2011, Times-Call

  • Contributed 10 stories to Boulder: A Celebration of 150 Years. c 2009, Times-Call

Poetry
I have had poems featured in numerous journals, including Afterthoughts (Canada), The Red Wheelbarrow (Scotland), Light (Departure/Fall 2017), Punch Drunk Press, and Stain’d Arts

Additional Featured Recipes

  • Crustless Smoked Turkey and Spinach Quiche was featured Reader Recipe in Cooking Light, June, 2008

  • Black Bean Fudge Cakes were featured Reader Recipe in Clean Eating, April, 2009

  • Gluten free recipes featured in Longmont Magazine

  • Numerous recipes featured in Door-to-Door Organics, Colorado