I'm a senior-level copywriter with 10 years of experience. I’ve been the senior copywriter for three in-house marketing and branding departments: PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate-backed debt; Minted, an e-commerce company that provides unique designs by independent artists across stationery, art, and home decor; and Inkling, a software company looking to change the way businesses communicate with and train their employees. Prior to those positions, I worked for a marketing agency for seven years, which demanded me to switch strategies, voices, and editorial styles with the drop of a hat, which has served me well as I build my freelance client list. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis, where I received my B.A. degrees in English (creative writing emphasis) and psychology—graduating with high honors and honors, respectively. I further pursued my interest in creative writing by attending graduate school at the University of San Francisco, where I received my M.F.A. in writing in August 2011. My first attempt at creative writing came from an assignment in seventh grade to write a one-page story about a learning lesson. I detailed the traumatic and humiliating account of my very first “F” on a third-grade history test. My seventh-grade teacher didn’t register the same level of shame and read the story aloud to the class, and encouraged me to continue to write; and so I did, sticking to small, autobiographical pieces until I took creative writing courses in undergraduate and graduate school.I love writing creatively and am currently working on a publishing a fiction novel. I also write non-fiction pieces for the national online photography magazine, Snap, which has more than 500,000 subscribers.