Co-creating impactful experiences for audiences is my passion! I am a driven storyteller dedicated to educating the public and bringing positive change to communities. I research history so we can understand the present and make a better future. I leverage my research and creative writing skills, along with over a decade of community engagement experience, to create many types of educational content. From academic writing and social media posts, to exhibits and public programs, I am able to deliver exceptional and accurate content to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. I do this in partnership with diverse communities across Minnesota. Expertise: Community engagement, content creation, web content, content strategy, creative writing, academic writing, report and white paper writing, social media, public programs, interpretive and wayfinding signage, exhibit development, visual storytelling, K12 content, research, nonprofits, libraries and archives, digitization, museums, historic sites, historic preservation, cultural resource reports, placemaking, public speaking, genealogy, editing & fact checking, copyright, media interviews. Areas of study: Nonprofit administration, natural resource management policy, public history, museum studies, United States history, Great Lakes and Upper Midwest history, nineteenth century, Native American history, settler colonialism, African American history, military history, history of the American West, fur trade history, immigration history, environmental history, memory and public monuments & memorials, research methods, English literature.