I am a status quo wrecker, serial entrepreneur, former technology marketing leader, esteemed writer, and licensed REALTOR®, representing buyers and sellers in Western MA, Northern CT, and Southern NH.I am the co-founder and team co-lead of the Turnberg & Swallow Team at Coldwell Banker Western Massachusetts. With a collective 39 years of real estate experience, our team has helped more than 1,000 clients achieve their real estate goals, producing more than $270 million in sales volume.While I spent more than a decade of my career as a technology marketing leader, I am most proud of the companies I have developed and run on my own. Before the Turnberg & Swallow Team, I launched Edith & Aster, a fine jeweler specializing in antique, vintage, and estate jewelry, to empower women with confidence and self-expression through unique jewelry pieces. I also had a fruitful business through my digital strategy agency, Southern Swallow, where I spent more than a decade working with world-class clients, helping them take flight online through content strategy, web and mobile design, and digital marketing strategy work.I began my career in marketing at The New York Times and later served as an editor at technology news site Mashable, director of community at media tech startup Contently, and VP of product at education nonprofit Noble Impact. Most recently, I served as the first marketing hire at construction technology startup, HaulHub Technologies, building its marketing practice from the ground up as director of marketing. Prior to that, I served as director of content strategy at education non-profit Summit Public Schools, leading storytelling for the Summit Learning Program, which powers personalized learning for hundreds of schools across the U.S.A first-generation college student, I believe education is the key to opportunity. I hold an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a B.S. in marketing and international business from NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, an M.F.A. in Writing for Children at Simmons University, and an Applied Jewelry Professional certificate from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). I am currently pursuing my Graduate Gemologist degree at GIA.My passion for writing is a thread through my career. I have written for Forbes, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications and have spoken at SXSW, Web Summit, and Lean Startup Conference, among other notable forums. I am the author of award-winning children's book series, Little Launchers, a four-book series about real kids with real businesses.