Freelancer for the American Medical Association, writing news articles on topics including responses to increased heroin use, diabetes management and Medicare policy. Write internet articles about topics in education for websites affiliated with QuinStreet, a top online media and marketing company.Collaborated with a team of writers and Web designers to launch the intranet at Belden, a Fortune 1000 company; interfaced with executives, upper-level managers and other knowledge experts from Belden functional areas and divisions worldwide to delineate project goals and timelines and to generate accurate, useful and interactive intranet content.Recipient 2010 Salamander Magazine Short Fiction Prize. My fiction has appeared in the journal Washington Square. I have been a Van Lier Fellow at the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City.

I zero in on the top news related to long-term care and writing daily stories for the McKnight's website and for the monthly news magazine. Blog weekly on wide-ranging topics, including federal and state healthcare policy, legal cases, clinical research and how the media portrays long-term care. Interview top newsmakers and travel to cover long-term care conferences, roundtables, lobbying efforts and more.

Managed team of nine, motivating and overseeing writers to deliver more than 800 short articles each month for publication on client websites, ensuring copy furthered client brand and business goals, and integrated keywords to drive traffic to client websites. Communicated directly with clients to build and maintain productive, positive relationships.

Spearheaded all marketing initiatives for the Chicago Fringe Theatre Festival, which encompassed devising and running the first-ever competition to choose the official festival poster, conceiving and articulating the festival theme, teaming with graphic designers to create compelling ads for publications and public spaces, including public transportation, and formulating a results-oriented marketing strategy to solidify brand identity, increase festival visibility and grow audience to upwards of 2,000 people.

Taught analytical writing and creative writing classes for three years at Washington University, devising curricula and practicing varied pedagogical techniques to consistently earn high student evaluations, including an average score of 6.72/7.00 points for quality of instruction during my last semester of teaching.

• As a legal assistant at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, oversaw the intake and organization of thousands of court documents relating to complex class action lawsuit, coordinating all projects related to use and dissemination of these court papers, such as the compilation of deposition binders and appendices to motions.• Instituted system to store and index court papers digitally, ensuring document availability by building strategic redundancies into electronic storage procedures, ultimately saving space in the office and increasing efficiency of work flow.• Attained wide range of competencies to become a crucial team leader on high-stakes, deadline-driven projects such as production of evidentiary documents to the court, while simultaneously executing daily administrative tasks such as ordering office supplies, negotiating with vendors and communicating with parties to the case via e-mail, phone and fax.

Commanding and persuasive public speaker possessing presentation skills rooted in classical acting training and acting jobs at theatres including Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and the Manhattan Ensemble Theatre.