With 20 years of experience in strategic communications, I bring a unique blend of narrative expertise, cultural analysis, and creative problem-solving to organizations seeking meaningful change. My career began in the arts, curating public programs and writing cultural criticism that invited people to reexamine dominant norms and imagine better futures. That sensibility carried me into youth advocacy and, later, into international human and environmental rights, where I applied behavioral science and cultural insight to shift public narratives and build values-based campaigns across six continents, from post-Soviet civic movements to environmental justice campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America.

As a writer by trade and persuader by experience, I draw from degrees in Art History and Visual and Critical Studies to uncover how meaning is made — and remade — through storytelling. My approach integrates applied behavioral science with hope-based frameworks to inspire action, not paralysis, and to help movements, missions, and messages resonate across audiences.

My expertise includes:

• Certified trainer in Hope-Based Communications

• Values-based framing and narrative development

• Messaging research and analysis

• Stakeholder engagement across diverse communities

• Creative culture and arts integration for advocacy

• Systems thinking for sustainable change

Whether co-creating indigenous rights festivals in Guatemala City, advising youth organizers on public campaigns, or helping social impact startups build ethical, human-centric foundations, I remain focused on one central goal: helping people and institutions reimagine what’s possible and tell stories that move us there.

I’m deeply committed to centering the experiences and perspectives of people directly impacted by the issues at hand. This commitment has shaped my speaking engagements at RightsCon, the New School, and Arizona State University's Human Rights Program.

If you're seeking to transform challenges into opportunities, shift narratives to inspire hope, and build stronger connections across communities and coalitions, let’s collaborate. I offer customized workshops, narrative strategy development, and communications design that centers people, values, and future vision.

Let’s talk.