About
I care about the distance between a good idea and the people it is supposed to serve.
My work sits in that distance: translating research, policy, and institutional priorities into language people can understand—and into systems a team can keep using after I leave.
Memo to Congress · May 2026
“Failure here often just means you tried to make a real change.”
I wrote this before my final meeting after three years in student government. It is the clearest account of why I do this work: service is not only what gets passed. It is whether you stand up, speak honestly, do the work, and keep going when the answer is no.
The memo asks the people coming after me to listen outside the room, keep records others can inherit, and never confuse being polite with being effective.
Read the full memoI started at Ivy Tech Community College, where I earned an associate degree and a Business Administration Certificate before transferring to Indiana University. That path made me attentive to how institutions communicate: who already knows how to navigate them, who does not, and what clarity can change.
At IU, public affairs gave me a way to connect that instinct to policy, leadership, and research. Indiana University Student Government put me in rooms where the stakes were immediate—student health, Title IX, equity, and access to services. The Observing Civic Engagement Lab taught me to study participation carefully and then make the findings legible outside an academic setting.
Work with Trust for Civic Life extended that focus to rural communities, philanthropy, civic technology, and the organizations that hold local life together. I contributed research to its published 2025 Annual Report and 2026 “Online for Offline” learning brief. At the IU Foundation, I have worked with advancement staff and senior university stakeholders to turn complex alumni research into clearer engagement decisions.
The settings change. The purpose does not: understand the institution, respect the audience, and produce something useful enough to move the work forward.
How I work
Substance first. Then structure. Then the sentence.
I do my best work when I can understand the real decision behind an assignment. Before drafting, I identify the audience, the stakes, what must be verified, and what the reader should be able to do next.
That approach has helped me move credibly between researchers, elected student leaders, deans, foundation staff, and community partners without flattening the work for any of them.
Currently
Supporting alumni engagement and advancement strategy at the IU Foundation.
I am open to communications, research translation, civic engagement, philanthropy, nonprofit, and public-affairs opportunities where clear writing and sound judgment matter.
The path in four moves
Each step added a different kind of responsibility.
- 01
Ivy Tech
Built a practical foundation in general studies and business administration.
- 02
IUSG
Learned to write under pressure, represent constituents, and move institutions.
- 03
OCE Lab + Trust
Connected civic research to public communication, rural life, and philanthropy.
- 04
IU Foundation
Turned research into advancement strategy for senior university stakeholders.