Public Education Manager for brain health at the American Academy of Neurology. Develops, grows, and maintains the AAN's public education content and helps realize the future of brain health for all.

Production Editor for the Neurology® journals at the American Academy of Neurology. Managed journal content from acceptance to online and print publication; collaborated with editors to realize the vision of each issue within the family of publications; closely aligned with all internal teams to organize additional layers of content-led features; communicated with publisher to produce error-free content according to style and deadlines while maintaining the high quality and premier reputation of the journals; led the in-house production team, directly supervising 3 employees.

Production Editor of Neurology® at the American Academy of Neurology. Wrote issue-feature pages, summarizing ≥200 articles annually, to the Editor-in-Chief’s specifications; compiled 48 issues per year, conforming to budgetary parameters and journal scope; kept in-house production process on track for weekly journal; managed letter-to-the-editor section: implemented new initiatives and streamlined processes.

Editorial Associate for the Neurology® journals at the American Academy of Neurology. Coordinated and copyedited the letters-to-the-editor section; led copyright infringement review; revised figures for journal style; reviewed page proofs for journal style and errors; and researched, suggested, and solicited peer-reviewers .

Editorial Assistant for the Neurology® journals at the American Academy of Neurology. Coordinated and copyedited the letters-to-the-editor section; led copyright infringement review; revised figures for journal style; reviewed page proofs for journal style and errors; and researched, suggested, and solicited peer-reviewers .

Contract Writer/Editor at The Creative Group, a Robert Half company. Reviewed page proofs for journal style and errors; researched, suggested, and solicited peer-reviewer; and performed copyright infringement review.

Graduated from the Executive Public Health Administration & Policy MPH program at the School of Public Health of the University of Minnesota.

Graduated magna cum laude from the College of Letters and Science at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a major in English, a double minor in creative writing and history, and a focus in publishing.

Graduated from Apple Valley High School and the School of Environmental Studies.

Certified by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) after applying to, qualifying for, and passing a test of scientific editing in 2021; renewed in 2025 through continuing education.

Trained to provide initial help to someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge.

Professional Development Committee Co-chair for the Council of Science Editors (CSE). Understood CSE strategic objectives, budget, and resources assigned to committee; recruited committee members; oversaw committee activity and ensured objectives were met.

Professional Development Committee Member for the Council of Science Editors (CSE). Participated in committee activity and worked to meet objectives.

On behalf of the associate editors, editorial board, and editorial staff, a certificate of appreciation was presented for outstanding service to the Neurology® journals as Production Editor.

Recognized by the Council of Science Editors (CSE) for "service to CSE, especially on the CSE Website Task Force, leading intensive efforts over a brief period to enhance CSE’s web presence."

Awarded by the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for "outstanding accomplishments... their high academic achievement and pursuit of an education focused on the Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences."

Awarded by the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) for "academic achievements, athletics accomplishments and involvement in other campus activities, organizations and community service projects."

Completed a systematic literature review aimed to determine the efficacy of health literacy or educational interventions on headache burden or disability. Project was reported in a manuscript and an oral presentation.

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6765, described as the “theory/practical applications of concepts, tools, techniques of continuous quality improvement (QI) in public health/health care.”

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6755, described as the "principles of budgeting, planning, forecasting, and analyzing in nonprofit/government organizations applied to health care administration and public health."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6320, that teaches students to “understand the language of epidemiology and its basic concepts… to interpret epidemiologic findings critically and communicate them to colleagues… and to be able to navigate data sources.”

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 7200.

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6102, described as an "introduction to the field of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH), the impact of environmental and occupational hazards on individuals and communities, both domestic and global, the approaches taken to address EOH issues at the community level, and the domestic and global challenges that must be overcome to ensure success in dealing with EOH issues."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 7741, described as “[exploring] the core concepts of leadership theory and the principles of change in organizational, community, political, social, and global settings.”

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6735, described as "[covering] the policy environment that influences and shapes public health and the provision of health care services, to enhance understanding of the historical and political context of health policy, to develop strategies for analysis of health policy issues, and to communicate effectively in the policy environment."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 7731, described as "[addressing] basic concepts of public health law and the legal bases for the existence and administration of public health programs."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6450, described as "[covering] the fundamental concepts of exploratory data analysis and statistical inference for univariate and bivariate data."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6751, described as "[drawing] from the fields of organizational theory and behavior to equip students with management and leadership competencies that enable them to make a positive difference in their work organizations and in the health of populations.”

The course teaches powerful skills for working through disagreement to achieve better results. See Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue.

Public Health Institute course, PUBH 7214, described as "[covering] key concepts of risk communication theory as well as their practical application to the collection and sharing of information in support of individual and community decision-making about public health issues."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6724, described as "an overview of the U.S. health care finance and delivery systems within a public health context.”

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 7720, described as "designed to develop skills related to the practice-based application of data to drive public health decision-making."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 6020, described as "[covering] theories of behavior change, program and policy development, community engagement, and policy implementation and advocacy."

Graduate University of Minnesota course, PUBH 7710, described to "develop the skills required to define researchable policy questions, critically analyze policy issues and problems, articulate relevant policy options, and bring research and data to help frame decision-making."

Completed the Short Course on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as offered by the Council of Science Editors.

Completed the Principles of Supervision (CERT X001) course as offered by the University of Minnesota’s College of Continuing & Professional Studies .

Completed the Short Course on Publication Ethics as offered by the Council of Science Editors.

Completed the Short Course on Publication Management as offered by the Council of Science Editors.

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point course, ENGL 379, described as "[explore major] theories about what rhetoric is and how it should be used, emphasizing classic texts and theories by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian and their influence on modern thought."

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point course, ENGL 349, described as "the history of twentieth-century environmental politics in the United States."

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point course, ENGL 342, described as "[examine and analyze] the major grammatical structures of English."

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point course, ENGL 349, described as "[w]riting, editing, and preparing materials for publication, including consideration of reader/editor appeal, and ways to market manuscripts."