“Residents share their thoughts on Bruce Monroe Park, one of the last refuges against unhoused criminalization,” published August 2024

Feature story on Chicago-based non-profit "Growing Home," published by Bittersweet Monthly in August 2024

An essay published in Bittersweet Monthly’s Art + Culture blog in June 2023

A series of social media captions and short stories written for the NGO RemarSOS, on their work in Türkiye providing relief after the February 6th earthquake.

Copy for a print newsletter mailed in October 2022 to Shepherd’s Table donors and community members, highlighting the latest stories from the organization. The copy was shortened and adapted for an email iteration delivering the same content.

Short-form client stories I wrote for Shepherd’s Table social media content. I interviewed the subjects, photographed them, and wrote their stories, with their consent and collaboration.

Direct-mail appeal written to donors in December 2022, for Shepherd’s Table. The appeal highlights the story of Tony, a longtime client and friend of the organization.

Written as an opinion editorial on behalf of Shepherd’s Table, this unpublished personal essay served to highlight the intersection between gender-based violence and homelessness and advocate for the reauthorization of VAWA in February, 2022 (the reauthorization fortunately took place on March 16th, 2022).

Shepherd’s Table works to improve quality of life and create a pathway to self-sufficiency for the most vulnerable in Montgomery County, Maryland. This essay highlights the story of a client named Anthony and situates his experience within the larger scope of issues Shepherd’s Table seeks to address.

Profiling Abdoul, a Shepherd’s Table client, this piece details Abdoul’s specific life experiences and in doing so, highlights common themes in the lives of Shepherd’s Table clients.

As Shepherd’s Table addresses food insecurity through daily meal service, the quality and nutritional value of the meals are a top priority. By starting an urban garden, the organization is able to grow fresh produce for guests and plans to eventually build out relevant programing to teach gardening to clients.

Written for International Justice Mission, the article highlights IJM Uganda staff member, Phionah Birguni. The post details her personal journey to IJM and gives the reader a glimpse into the incredible work Birguni has accomplished.

International Justice Mission produces internal story packages that detail the violence, rescue, and healing our clients experience. Story packages, like this deliverable, are then adapted to both long and short form copy for IJM’s social media, newletters, speeches, and conversations with current and potential donors. I wrote this story based on interviews IJM Ghana staff conducted with Cyril* (*pseudonym).

A key component of IJM’s strategy is scaling change through meaningful partner relationships. This piece was written to highlight one of the incredible IJM partners who is bringing our theory of change to life.

Personal essay originally shared on Medium.