About

As a child, I told my parents I wanted to be either a famous actress or a Black Jack dealer on a cruise ship. Later, a prison reform advocate or civil rights attorney. In high school, I did stand-up comedy. In college, I wrote a play along with incarcerated women. Only much later did the through-line become clear: from subtle hints to the obvious, it had always been about Story, and I had always been a Storyteller.

The path to making storytelling an actual career has been just as circuitous as my childhood dreams. I never went to film school. I don't have a journalism degree. I majored in English and Social Justice, continued my work with incarcerated women, and after graduation took my first job in New York City in the nonprofit sector. Then I finally landed in production — first as an NBC Page and eventually as a Supervising Producer and Documentary Director making content for HBO, Showtime, and others.

It's taken this entire journey — the long way around, the mentors, the rooms, the mistakes — to learn to tell stories the way I tell them now. Two Emmy Awards and 11 nominations later, I'm still learning.

Essential Essential Storytelling Storytelling is what came out of it — an orientation and methodology for human-centered narrative practice that prioritizes both product and process.

You can find me teaching at Maine Media Workshops + College, Downtown Community Television Center, the Omega Institute, and others organizations. I do remain available, however, for Black Jack nights but only with low buy-ins.