about me

I was born in Southern California and grew up in Isla Vista and Goleta, just outside of Santa Barbara. I now live in Cambridge, MA, with my husband, Lance, after living in Cork City, Ireland, and over 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I am a lifelong athlete. In my late teens and early 20s, I raced my bicycle on the road and track, working my way onto a professional team. My athletic focus for the past 20+ year has been running, and I’ve raced in events of many distances, from 400 meters on the track to 50 miles on the trails, and then 56 hilly road miles, running the Comrades Marathon (in 2022 and 2023). I am currently training for the mile, and to break 20 minutes in the 5k, in my 50s. I also love ParkRun, especially including my home ParkRun at Jamaica Pond, MA.

I started my writing and editing career in the early 1990s with a focus on women in sport. I returned to that in 2020 with a focus on women and running in the Women’s Running Stories podcast. It’s an excited time of change and empowerment.

I love to travel and have spent time in Southeast Asia, South and Central America, Europe, and Africa. And I have a strong passion for animal conservation, especially elephants and bonobos, but really all animals.

I spend a lot of my days crafting stories in text and audio and keeping up with women in sports, especially running.