I specialize in creating impactful narratives for new and linear media. My work is informed by a deep commitment to storytelling that drives social change.

I wrote and produced Groundworks, a documentary about California Native artists that had over 1,000 airings on PBS member stations and is now streaming on PBS Passport. An experienced science communicator, I received an Emmy Award for my research and production work on the documentary No Greater Love about organ donation, and I directed short videos for the Science Museum in London, UK. I directed and produced the research-based kids series Captain Me—an interactive, musical adventure for children with diverse needs that’s part of the curriculum for New York City Public Schools.

With Toasterlab, a media production company that co-founded, I create place-based extended reality (XR) and immersive experiences that promote deeper engagement with history, community, and imagination. Our XR productions include the nature and community arts apps From Weeds We Grow, and Virtual Parkway Forest. I co-wrote the immersive theatre/AR show Transmission, about a family grappling with a mysterious, interstellar messages, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe FuturePlay Festival and Future of Storytelling Festival in New York. Most recently, I directed, produced, and co-wrote a new musical called The Laundry List, a vaudeville-inspired show that celebrates women in the Prohibition era.

My creative writing explores families and mysteries with surreal, sci fi, and comedic twists. I co-wrote a feature screenplay, Through with You, commissioned by Lily Tomlin and starring her classic characters in a surreal whodunnit. I’ve written humorous articles for The Hairpin and the Los Angeles Times, and I’ve written and performed sketches and improv at The Second City and Comedy Bar in Toronto.

I’m passionate about education and teaching.

I am a sessional lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University where I teach a course in Writing for Visual Media. I have previously taught at CalArts and University of Toronto Mississauga, and I’ve led creative workshops at York University, at the Prague Quadrennial, and for the Toronto Arts Council Arts in the Parks program. My goals as a teacher are to encourage students to think expansively about their work and its context, to guide them in making bold creative choices, and to provide them with practical and foundational information about storytelling in all its forms.

I’ve presented on my work at the University of British Columbia, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, York University, and the Edinburgh Fringe. I’ve developed degree programs in art and technology for CalArts and York University, and I’ve held academic affairs positions at CalArts and the University of Toronto. I have a BA in Psychology from UCLA and an MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts, and I’m a graduate of The Second City Conservatory in Toronto.