Dear Universe (or Recruiters, or Hiring Managers, or Especially Small Business Owners and especially of arts and/or mental health and/or women-owned-and-operated businesses) …
I have 20 years of experience in a wide range of pursuits, passions and roles that don’t necessarily translate easily to a traditional resume and cover letter application but that make me an excellent, interesting, exceptionally capable person to work with. And I’m looking for new work where I can share these skills in a way that helps someone else thrive in their endeavors.
So, this is my Mary Poppins letter. You know the one where the kids write down exactly what they want, and the universe delivers? I’m putting my version into the world: what I bring, what I’m looking for, and the kind of work that lights me up. Somewhere out there is an organization or a person who needs exactly what I’ve spent twenty years learning how to do. I’m writing this to find you. Or to help you find me.
Here’s what I bring to the proverbial table:
- Qualitative research expertise: 100+ interviews conducted using trauma-informed, neurodivergent-accessible methods, including an original Visual Interview methodology for people who communicate better through images than words. I know how to talk to people, synthesize what I learn, and turn it into something useful.
- Content strategy and editorial leadership: I built a blog to 600,000 monthly page views, a Pinterest to 100,000 and a newsletter to 3,000+ subscribers. I know how to develop, execute, and sustain content that actually reaches people.
- Grant writing that gets funded: $50,000+ secured in two years for community arts programming, plus individual artist grants. I write for small organizations and independent creatives who need to make the case for their work.
- Program development and workshop facilitation: Trauma-informed, multilingual, community-centered programming designed for diverse populations.
- Healthcare and mental health expertise: Masters in Psychological Studies from CIIS. 10+ years writing on therapeutic topics. 4+ years consulting for collective of 100+ therapists, with deep understanding of clinical content, HIPAA compliance, and what practitioners actually need.
- Art writing and criticism: Exhibition reviews, artist profiles, art history research, and catalog-style descriptions. I write about art in ways that are rigorous but accessible, connecting visual work to cultural context, psychological insight, and lived experience. My book The Artist’s Mind required years of research into the intersection of art history and mental health, and I’d love to do more of this kind of work.
- Original framework development and 1:1 consulting: I created a Six-Part Creative Health Framework that helps people understand how health impacts their creativity and productivity. If your organization wants to support employee wellbeing, reduce burnout in creative teams, or offer something meaningful to your community, I can design and deliver that programming.
- AI implementation for mission-driven organizations: Ethical, HIPAA-compliant, human-centered approaches to emerging technology.
- Published books bridging psychology, creativity, and community. Both self-published and published with small publishers.
You might want to hire me if …
- You need someone who can talk to people, synthesize what they say, and turn it into insights, frameworks, or strategy
- You want a content strategist who actually understands healthcare, mental health, or the arts
- You’re a museum, gallery, or arts publication that needs exhibition reviews, catalog essays, artist profiles, or art historical writing that’s both rigorous and human
- Your organization has great programs but your grant applications keep getting rejected
- You have program ideas but no one on staff who can translate them into fundable proposals
- Your content strategy exists on paper but never actually gets implemented
- You’re a healthcare or mental health organization tired of working with content people who don’t understand clinical concerns
- You’re building programs that serve marginalized communities and need someone who gets that work
- You want to support employee wellbeing or reduce creative burnout but don’t know where to start
- You know you need to figure out AI but you’re worried about doing it wrong or compromising your values
- Your team is overwhelmed, projects keep stalling, and nothing is getting finished
- You want research that’s rigorous but also accessible and human
- You’re building something new and need someone comfortable with ambiguity and figuring things out as they go
- You work on sensitive topics (grief, mental health, trauma, illness, identity) and need someone who knows how to hold that work with care
- You’re tired of hiring people who can write but can’t think strategically (or vice versa)
- You’re tired of explaining your mission five times to people who don’t get it
This probably isn’t the right fit if …
- You need someone whose primary job is daily social media content (especially video/TikTok)
- You’re looking for a graphic designer
- You want someone in an office five days a week
- The role is purely about SEO or Google Ads with no other dimensions
For reference, this experience translates well to roles like:
- Content Strategy Manager / Senior Content Strategist
- User Researcher / UX Researcher
- Research Manager / Qualitative Research Manager
- Program Manager / Program Coordinator
- Community Engagement Manager
- Healthcare Content Strategist
- Grants Manager / Development Associate
- AI Implementation Specialist (for healthcare/mission-driven organizations)
What I’m Looking For
I’m looking for work that lets me do what I do best: deep research (reading, interviewing, synthesizing), writing (especially with AI as a strategic tool alongside my own voice), and developing frameworks that help people understand themselves and their work better.
I work best with significant autonomy, checking in regularly with a team but not in constant meetings. I love periodic moments of connection: facilitating a workshop, leading a session, applying a framework with real people. But the day-to-day? I want to be reading, thinking, writing, and building.
I’m especially drawn to work at the intersection of mental health and art, and to organizations that want thoughtful approaches to AI and content strategy.
I’m open to full-time, part-time, contract, or project-based work. I work remotely and have for 20 years. I would prefer remote work but am open to hybrid work in San Francisco, and I’m available for on-site work such as event and workshop facilitation.
Want the full picture? I’ve written a longer post that walks through my experience in detail including where these skills came from, what I actually did, and what it means for what I can do for you. Read it here.
If any of this resonates, let’s talk. Email me or connect with me on LinkedIn. If you know someone who might benefit from working with me, I’d be grateful if you’d pass this along.