BIO

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

Resourceful, driven and detail-oriented, I have extensive and diverse professional experience, from working as ArtCenter College of Design’s staff senior writer in Marketing and Communications to staff and senior staff writer jobs at journalism outlets including The Associated Press and Entertainment Weekly, and freelance work for AP, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, LMU Magazine, Otis College of Art and Design and the Skirball Cultural Center. I am skilled in writing, editing, research, brand promotion, building relationships with key stakeholders, collaborative team leadership, blending storytelling with institutional messaging, meeting tight deadlines, and multitasking with positivity and creativity.

My ArtCenter stories have won Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awards, 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 Chicago. I have presented and performed multiple times at the writing and popular music studies conference Pop Con. In 2025, I was honored by California State Sen. Susan Rubio at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Throughout my career, I have interviewed a wide range of creatives, including Alexander Skarsgard, 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, Jack Black, 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, Steve Aoki, Tracee Ellis Ross, Virgo Mortensen, 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 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.” My full-band single “Friendship” was recorded at Copenhagen’s Medley Studios, after the debut of my self-titled solo album.

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.