I was previously a housing coordinator for Money Follows the Person, which helps people getting out of nursing homes find affordable accessible housing. I was Communications Director at Center for Disability Rights and Connecticut Fund for the Environment where I got the organization local and national media attention helping prevent the construction of an LNG plant in the middle of Long Island Sound. With The AP I wrote news and feature stories; compiled the Daybook daily state news calendar and coordinated the acquisition of member photos for movement on The Wire.Before that I was a feature writer and news reporter for the News Chief, in Winter Haven, Fla. from 1996-1999. I wrote feature stories for the Weekend, Arts & Entertainment, Religion, and Sunday Accent sections, including environmental and health stories and profiles; report on city news; photography.I freelanced for The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., and the St. Petersburg Times and was editor and assistant editor of a couple of insurance trade magazines beginning around the time Hurricane Andrew hit the shores of Miami and I was a correspondent on the sports desk of the Tampa Tribune. I attended the University of South Florida after graduating from Northfield Mount Hermon School, in Mass. I also attended Farmington High School, in Farmington, Conn. I have won writing awards from the Florida Press Club and Theatre Winter Haven, and various photography awards and honors. I enjoy creative writing, photography, acoustic guitar, mandolin and ukulele.I also manage CT Environmental Headlines (currently on hiatus)