About Me

I'm a disabled young woman. I'm a writer. I'm an editor. I'm a book lover. I'm an animal lover--especially cats and dogs. I'm a hardcore Swiftie--my favorite album is 1989. I'm a makeup enthusiast. I'm a fashion lover.

But my most important trait--which is I'm guessing the reason why you've stumbled onto my website--is I'm a huge lover of words and the innate power they possess. Because I spent the majority of my childhood in hospital rooms and surrounded by hovering nurses, it has been truly one of the greatest joys in my life to witness the transformative power that good books can hold. And I imagine that's why you became a writer, because you have a story that you are aching in your bones to tell and you want your story to resonate with as many readers as possible. That's where I come in, and I'm so glad you are interested in working together!

Because I have cultivated my passion for editing books since I was in high school which was further cemented through the various writing and editing opportunities that I've had throughout my undergraduate career at UMass Amherst and my graduate career at Emerson College. I have also had the opportunity to help with editing manuscripts at various stages of the editing process.

If you want to know more about my experience, you can find my LinkedIn profile here.

My Editorial Philosophy

As I mentioned in the previous section, I believe that words are one of the most powerful tools that we--as humans--have at our disposal. Words have the capacity to create change, to bring people together, and to make the people that read them feel something.

As an editor, it is my responsibility to help develop your writing, so that it can produce the desired effects onto readers. It is my responsibility to push a writer beyond what they believe themselves to be capable of. It is my responsibility to see what ideas are said between the lines and bring them to the forefront. It is my job to add perspective. And I do all this so a writer’s words can piece the hearts and minds of their readers, so your words can change the world in ways big and small.

These responsibilities require me to stay perpetually curious about a writer’s ideas housed in the manuscript; to think critically about the words on the page and how they will be perceived by the readers; and to be open to offering and accepting challenges and questions from the writer about intent and impact of ideas.

I believe the editorial space between an editor and a writer is one of the most sacred spaces of collaboration. We both want the manuscript to be the best representation of ideas that it can be. As a result, I believe that neither the writer or the editor should ever reject an idea from the start. All edits and revisions are made after thinking deeply and critically about the manuscript. Rejections of edits and revisions take the same care.

My goal of editing is to help any writer challenge and change the world and its discourse—or at least a small segment of the world and its discourse—for the better.