A public relations specialist and communications pro with four decades of relevant and adaptive experience. A strategist and a technician, capable of writing a magazine-length feature story or a 280-character tweet and understanding how and why both are integral to the strategic goals of the organization. A copywriter, a grammarian, an editor. A listener and a life-long learner.Here's a quote from Ella Saltmarshe ("Using Story to Change Systems," Stanford Social Innovation Review) that I like and that speaks to my communication philosophy: "Story has many different qualities that make it useful for the work of systems change. It’s a direct route to our emotions ... It creates meaning out of patterns. It coheres communities. It engenders empathy across difference. It enables the possible to feel probable in ways our rational minds can’t comprehend. When it comes to changing the values, mindsets, rules, and goals of a system, story is foundational."And here's a quote from Frederick Buechner that I think ties into the above quote and connects to who I want to be as a storyteller: "Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace."