BIO

Born and raised in Hollywood, and the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I am an award-winning Pasadena, California-based writer, editor, content strategist and communications and marketing specialist. My Danish name means “sunny way in the forest.”

Resourceful, driven, detail-oriented and creative, I have more than 20 years of diverse professional experience, from working for 8.5 years as ArtCenter College of Design’s staff senior writer in Marketing and Communications to staff and senior staff jobs at journalism outlets including The Associated Press and Entertainment Weekly, and freelance work for AP, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and other outlets. I am skilled in writing, editing, research, brand promotion, building relationships with stakeholders, collaborative team leadership, blending storytelling with institutional messaging, and meeting tight deadlines.

I won four Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awards for my ArtCenter stories, including an international CASE Circle of Excellence Awards gold award in feature writing. I served as the first writer on the Content Committee of the CASE Editors Forum conference, in 2023, in Chicago. I have presented multiple times as both a panelist and performer at the writing and popular music studies conference Pop Con. In April 2025, I was honored by California State Sen. Susan Rubio at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Throughout my career, I have interviewed an incredible and wide range of influential creatives, including Aretha Franklin, Barbara Kruger, Beyoncé, Bong Joon-ho, Bono, Brian Wilson, Chrissie Hynde, Christian Alzmann, Dave Grohl, Demi Moore, Flea, Forest Whitaker, Francis Ford Coppola, Gael Garcia Bernal, Halle Berry, Herbie Hancock, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jennifer Hudson, John Waters, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Kevin Hart, Kim Jee-woon, Kristen Bell, Natalie Candrian, Nicole Kidman, Olly Alexander, Pablo Larraín, Park Chan-wook, Patti Smith, Rebeca Méndez, Ringo Starr, Selena Gomez, Stan Douglas, Steve Aoki, Tracee Ellis Ross, Victor Estrada, Wendy MacNaughton and Yves Behar.

My contributions to multiple books include original essays on Patti Smith, Sharon Jones and PJ Harvey for the anthology Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl (Black Dog & Leventhal).

As an indie rock musician, I am inspired by the soul and soaring voices of PJ Harvey, Etta James and Janis Joplin. My music is available through Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify and more. “If your nerves aren't charged and tingling by the end, your emotions at a tipping point, you aren't paying attention,” LA Weekly wrote about my 2019 full-band second album Quiet For Too Long as its album of the week. “The distillation of frustration, sadness and occasional joy, alongside real world issues, into sheer poetry is a real gift, and a much needed one right now. … This is a record that lives with you long after you lift the needle.” My 2015 single “Friendship” was recorded at Copenhagen’s Medley Studios. I released my self-titled solo debut album in late 2014.

I have a bachelor’s degree in English (Creative Writing) from Barnard College, Columbia University and a master’s degree in journalism from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.