A classic sundae calls for complementary ice cream flavors (and no shortage of sprinkles)—and in the same way, my career as a creative often calls for the varied, yet complementary skills and lessons I’ve gleaned from working in marketing, advertising, and even journalism.
While my path hasn't been linear, it’s given me a broader, more compassionate perspective and an immutable sense of curiosity. Both have connected me to individuals and groups across industries and oceans.
I currently call California home, but my work is not exclusive to the Golden State. I was one of eight copywriters invited to participate in Booking.com's first all-female hackathon in Amsterdam, where my team placed first in the competition; a year later, I trained an all-female team of writers in Tanzania in October 2018 on behalf of DreamLink Africa and DreamStart Labs, an organization dedicated to entrepreneurial empowerment for women. And in March 2019, I led a weeklong multimedia content collection project in the Peruvian Andes, as part of a National Geographic Explorer grant-funded project that focuses on hypoxia in high-altitude areas of the world.
Today, I work full-time at Dexcom, where I was hired as its first Copy Writing Manager, and continue to take on freelance writing and multimedia projects outside of the office. It all makes for one hell of a sundae, and I’m savoring every bite of it.