BIO

Born and raised in Hollywood, and the Jewish American granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I am an award-winning Pasadena, California-based writer, editor, content strategist and marketing and communications specialist with more than two decades of experience. I am also an indie musician.

I worked for 8.5 years as ArtCenter College of Design’s staff senior writer in Marketing and Communications, from 2016 to 2025. In that high level role, I wrote stories about inspiring, talented and multilayered alumni, students, faculty, staff and donors for ArtCenter’s website and award-winning flagship print magazine. I also played a key role creating written content for ArtCenter’s Viewbook recruitment catalog, created copy for other print and online catalogs and brochures, and wrote half of the Advancement department’s annual Impact Report. I have won four CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) awards for my ArtCenter stories: an international 2020-2021 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards gold award in feature writing, two 2021-2022 CASE District VII writing awards, and a 2022-2023 CASE District VII writing award.

My writing experience includes former staff and senior staff writer-reporter positions at The Associated Press and Entertainment Weekly to freelance articles for AP, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and other outlets. I have has also contributed poetry and personal essays to publications including Angels Flight • literary west. I served on the Content Committee of the 2023 CASE Editors Forum conference in Chicago, and have been a panelist at conferences including Pop Con. My past experience includes 12 years of Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammys coverage, as well as coverage of film festivals Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival.

I have interviewed influential artists, designers, musicians, actors, actresses and directors, including Aldis Hodge, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Kruger, Beyoncé, Bong Joon-ho, Brian Wilson, Chrissie Hynde, Christian Alzmann, 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. I have contributed to multiple books, including 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 a fierce singer, songwriter and guitarist inspired by the likes of PJ Harvey, Sharon Jones, Janis Joplin and Etta James. My music is available through Bandcamp, Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify and more. I have played solo and in bands in Los Angeles, New York City and Copenhagen. My 2019 album Quiet For Too Long, my second solo album and first full-band solo album, is also available through Bandcamp on limited edition red vinyl. 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," LA Weekly wrote about Quiet For Too Long as its album of the week. I released my self-titled solo debut album in late 2014. My full-band 2015 single “Friendship” was recorded at Copenhagen’s Medley Studios.

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.