Most of what I write goes out under someone else's name — a founder, a CEO, a development director, a pastor, a debut author. What follows is a record of the rooms I've written into: the kinds of organizations, the kinds of asks, and the kinds of sentences that moved them forward. Organizations are not named out of respect for client confidentiality, and writing samples below are paraphrased composites that protect the original work.
Grant proposals and fundraising copy for global nonprofits working in refugee humanitarian aid, environmental equity, and mutual aid — plus small-press publishers and community organizations. The work that funders, donors, and stewardship teams read before they ever meet a program officer.
Lead and supporting writer on proposals funding refugee response, displacement support, and emergency nutrition programs across East Africa and the Horn. Mix of multi-year general operating asks and project-restricted funding for stabilization centers, outpatient nutrient therapy, and frontline staff capacity.
Drafted funding proposals for a small press focused on literacy and non-violent communication for marginalized youth. Built the case around early-childhood literacy data, audiobook and app expansion plans, and BIPOC literacy outcomes.
Subject-line through P.S. email appeals tied to active humanitarian crises. Short, direct, specific. The kind of ask that explains what one-hundred dollars actually buys and gets read on a phone in under ninety seconds.
Direct-mail copy across the calendar: Giving Tuesday postcards with match-challenge mechanics, tri-fold case-for-support pieces, year-end donor appeals, and acknowledgment letters that closed the loop after a gift landed. Built for envelope, mailbox, and kitchen counter — not just inbox.
Six-figure match campaigns built around a single named donor or board match. Wrote the email cadence, postcard, social copy, and stewardship follow-up — coordinated so every channel pointed to the same goal line on the same day.
Authored a reusable peer-to-peer fundraising template — mission framing, key messages, page setup, story prompts, and email scripts — that smaller chapters and volunteer fundraisers could plug into without starting from scratch.
Writing for nonprofit executives, founders, and senior leaders who need their voice on the page when their calendar doesn't allow time to draft it themselves.
Ghosted essays and op-eds on disability advocacy, anti-racism, and cross-coalition organizing. Sustained editorial voice across a year of placements.
Lead writer on a Halo Award application for a refugee-housing partnership between a global hospitality platform and an international humanitarian nonprofit. Built the business case, the social impact case, and the storytelling spine inside a tight character-count format.
Staff-facing communications that asked colleagues to do something — sign on, contact elected officials, donate — in a tone that respected their time and made the ask easy to act on.
I think of my role as a big-thinker's best friend — more strategist than writer. I work with leaders whose missions outsize the page and whose calendars outpace the deadline. My job is to hand back their voice, their time, and a sharper version of the idea they started with.
— on the work
Long-form work for digital and print publications, plus copyediting and developmental work for independent authors. Reporting, cultural criticism, and personal essay — most of it ghosted, some published under my name.
Researched, drafted, and placed a long-form opinion piece arguing that student debt forgiveness is a Black wealth issue. Built from policy data, Roosevelt Institute analysis, and a clear political argument.
Feature on the billion-dollar economy at the intersection of hip-hop, fast food, and celebrity restaurant ventures. Reporting plus argument — written for a publication's culture vertical.
Ghosted columns for a nonprofit executive director, including a widely shared MinnPost essay on solidarity between disability services and racial justice work in the year after George Floyd.
Full copyedit of a debut author's book — a five-chapter collection on grief, healing, self-love, and faith. Preserved the author's voice and rhythm while clearing the line edits, scripture references, and section pacing.
Writing that has to clear two bars at once: factually careful and humanly readable. Advocacy comms, equity-focused editorial, and the supporter-facing emails that turn awareness into action.
Supporter emails for a disability services organization — including action alerts urging elected officials to uphold federal commitments to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Three-minute, one-click letter-of-support flows.
Internal and external content honoring Native associates, heritage months, and cultural observances for a national Catholic health system. Wrote into the tension between institutional voice and honest history — without flattening either.
Long-form supporter content reframing healthcare as a right, not a privilege — built to move readers from sympathy to advocacy action without slipping into jargon.
Communications work for outdoor education organizations, financial institutions, and mission-driven service brands. Events, web, print collateral, and thought leadership that has to feel coherent across every channel.
End-to-end communications for a year-long webinar series featuring leaders in disability, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC outdoor recreation. Wrote the series concept, speaker bios, web landing pages, monthly email campaigns, and audience-targeting plans for each session.
Long-form content for financial services brands — articles, executive bylines, and customer-facing editorial. Translated technical and regulated subject matter into writing a member or client would actually finish reading.
Save-the-date pieces, program collateral, registration flows, run-of-show emails, and post-event follow-ups for service brands. Print and digital working together, not duplicating each other.
Website rewrites and voice guides for service-based brands whose old sites read like a credentials list. Replaced wall-of-text "about us" pages with copy that named the visitor's problem in their own words.
Founder-led brands across food & beverage, hospitality, and lifestyle — work that has to read like a person, not a marketing department.
Social copy, RSVP flows, and on-site promo for a ten-year anniversary tasting event. Wrote the brand's voice the way the founders actually speak — playful, warm, never corporate.
Social and editorial copy for a design team's annual retrospective. Translated a portfolio of work into a story their followers wanted to scroll, not skim.
Standing copy support across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter for lifestyle brands — captions, launches, behind-the-scenes posts. The kind of writing that keeps a feed coherent week to week.