Restoring Stories. Reimagining Futures.

 A strategist, storyteller, and serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience spanning marketing, journalism, communications, and community-centered economic development. Her work sits at the intersection of narrative, systems, and funding, helping communities and organizations translate complex challenges into actionable, fundable strategies rooted in place, resilience, and long-term impact. 

Expertise in grant writing, review, compliance alignment, and post-award management, with more than a decade of experience working across CDFIs, USDA programs, SBA initiatives, FEMA and disaster-recovery funding, and philanthropic capital systems. Her practice blends strategic communications with operational rigor, supporting the full funding lifecycle — from opportunity identification and narrative development to implementation frameworks, reporting structures, and long-term sustainability planning.

Achieved a Bachelor of Arts at Ball State University, with academic focus in Telecommunications and Journalism, Economics, Political Science, and Business Information Technology, grounding her work in both systems thinking and applied communication.