Currently I work at Chron, a leading digital news publication serving Houston and Texas at large. I write and edit stories about news, culture, food and sports in Houston and across the Lone Star State. I also work with writers and editors to come up with story ideas, develop beats and execute their copy.Previously, I served as content manager for Southern Smoke Foundation, writing copy and helping to direct messaging for a nonprofit organization working to assist food and beverage workers in crisis. Before that, I was the dining editor at Houstonia magazine, the city magazine of America's fourth-largest city. I wrote about restaurants, plus trends in food and beverage, and profiles about tastemakers in the industry.I'm also a published travel author. My books, Moon Baseball Road Trips and Moon Drive & Hike Appalachian Trail, are available nationwide.I've also I written for a variety of publications and websites, including Yahoo, Weill Cornell Medicine, The Tracking Board, October, Ulster Magazine, Chronogram, and the Times Herald-Record. I've authored social media platforms and wrote a weekly newspaper column focused on millennial issues. I've also created websites and pushed digital platforms to facilitate content for multiple print and digital journalism outlets. From 2011 to '15, I oversaw the editorial digital products of the Times Herald-Record of GateHouse Media. I increased readership for desktop, mobile, and tablet readers, while coaching and training more than two-dozen reporters, editors, and newsroom managers.I've won awards for my writing and editing, and was recognized in 2014 as one of GateHouse Media's Rising Stars.