Results-driven, self-motivated development and communications professional with years of experience in nonprofits and newspapers. As a fundraiser and grant writer, I focus on getting the right message to the right audience. I firmly believe that effective content strategies center on creating relationships with donors, clients and funders, and require measurable outcomes. Comfortable working in emotional charged situations with tenacity, sensitivity and diplomacy. Accomplished interviewer, skilled in active listening. Organized, reliable, and able to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________My years as an active CASA changed my professional focus. CASAs – or Court Appointed Special Advocates - work on behalf of children caught up in the dependency court system; most often foster kids who have been removed from their parents because of abuse or neglect. It’s time consuming, frustrating, challenging, heartbreaking and the most important work I’ve ever done. CASAs act as investigators, reporters, a negotiators, witnesses and advocates. Being a CASA showed me that we can all change the world – one life, one connection at a time. Also, I bake, so I run half-marathons.