My storytelling journey began as a child. My happy place was writing and illustrating fictional stories in my Mead notebook or sharing personal thoughts in beautiful journals my dad would gift me regularly. I loved writing poetry too. Colorful, vivid imaginary worlds and characters would come to life on paper when I was alone in my room or playing outside. I also loved reading books to my stuffed animals and dolls.

In my teens, I was encouraged to speak more. I appeared on the televised high school morning announcements and landed a coveted spot on a teen magazine show at the NBC affiliate in Minneapolis. At 19 years old, I earned my first Emmy award as a reporter. That experience led me to a memorable television news career where I became a news anchor, reporter, and producer. My experiences in my hometown of Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Cheyenne, and Albany, New York will always stay with me. The news business taught me a lot, but I knew in my heart it wasn’t for me.

I made a shift toward long-format storytelling where I uncovered a deep love of research, television writing and field producing. It is where I developed more confidence in myself as a creative storyteller. I worked with incredible production companies where I conceptualized original ideas as a scriptwriter, directed in the field and spent hours in the edit bay with my editors. Every single television series I worked on means so much to me. I eventually took a leap of faith and began my own storytelling business rooted in humanitarianism, because I wanted my work to be more aligned with my purpose.

The human interest stories I produce are uplifting and helpful in nature. It fuels the part of me that wanted to be a doctor long ago, because I want the world to feel good and to experience love and kindness. My work can be seen worldwide on social, various websites, events, internal corporate channels and a variety of networks.

When I’m not creating, I love the outdoors and practicing yoga or dancing. I’m also devoted to Be Well and Kind.

I am the heart behind I Heart Storytelling.

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