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I'm a Portland-raised marketer-strategist-journalist. I've developed campaign strategies across social media, sports, experiences, gaming, film/TV, and music for brands including Nintendo, Citrix, Harley-Davidson, and Samsung. As a journalist, I've edited, written, fact-checked, brainstormed, and even photographed for Artslandia Magazine, The Clackamas Review, and Portland Monthly. Driven by boundless curiosity and a determination to solve problems, I'm passionate about telling brand stories as well as people’s stories.

As a journalist, I've edited, written, fact-checked, brainstormed, and even photographed for The Bi-College Newspaper (the student publication of Bryn Mawr and Haverford colleges),  The Clackamas Review, Artslandia Magazine, and Portland Monthly. I've also completed a Digitial Marketing internship at The Nature Conservancy in Oregon. While at Scripps College, I was an Editorial Assistant at the Office of Marketing + Communication and a House Manager for the Performing Arts Center. 

When not making professional use of my pop culture obsession, I'm likely attempting a new recipe, collecting novelty pencils, or clicking on all the hyperlinks in a given Wikipedia page.

Music Notes: Week of Oct. 14 | TMA

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” I don’t have any philosophical answers, but artist Joe Patitucci has spent several years developing technology that might inspire you to listen more to trees. PlantWave allows plant parents to turn their flora into musical instruments via the electrical conductivity on the leaves’ surfaces. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi story, but we can see musical plant tech as part of a trending interest in the sounds of our surroundings. As consumers increasingly close their eyes to visual messaging, brands are turning to distinctive sounds to pique people’s attention – from the familiar noise of airplanes and cities to the yet-unheard sounds of plants, electric cars, and ocean pollution.
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Music Notes: Week of Oct. 7 | TMA

With music sales dwindling over the years thanks to changing consumption patterns (e.g. piracy and streaming), artists rely more heavily on live shows to bring home the bacon. But they also face an opponent in this arena: scalpers that scoop up tickets and resell them on secondary ticketing sites for huge profits. To make matters worse, the biggest concert promoter in the world, Live Nation, was accused of being in cahoots with resellers this year. Now, artists like Taylor Swift and, this month, The Black Keys and Tegan & Sara, are making headlines by fighting back – even when their current methods sometimes hurt or anger their fans.
Scripps College News •

Spotlight on Alumnae: Maril Davis ’94

After majoring in theatre at Scripps College, Maril Davis ’94 briefly attended acting school before deciding to pursue her love of television by working behind the scenes. Now, she’s an executive producer of Starz’s award-winning historical drama Outlander, a series she pushed to create. I recently sat down with Davis to talk about her career, her Scripps experience, and her take on the current flood of news about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.
Scripps College News •

Spotlight on Academics Psychology & Neuroscience: Professor Michael Spezio & Students Travel

This past summer was a long time coming for Vanessa Hayes ’18 and Yuqing Lei ’18. As researchers in Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Michael Spezio’s lab at Scripps College for three and four years, respectively, Hayes and Lei have been developing the theoretical foundation and hard skills necessary to assist in cognitive neuroscience and decision science research on a greater scale.
Portland Monthly •

Kengo Kuma's New Portland-Area Home Is a Straight-Up Stunner

Admirers of the Japanese Garden’s new Cultural Village: you may have a chance to live in a home designed by its internationally renowned architect Kengo Kuma. Partnering with Japanese home designer Suteki, Kuma built a 4,739-square-foot home, called SUTEKI, which translates to “natural,” “comfortable,” or a sense of excellence. Constructed for Happy Valley’s Street of Dreams event this summer, the home’s standout design is meant to showcase a cross-cultural collaboration by combining elements

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