Things I Write

Article for Social Justice & Advocacy Blog

I was a staff contributor to the Groundviews blog for Solid Ground — an article highlighting our work and relationship with a funding partner. I drafted the title and body copy, and the communications team provided copyediting, images, and publishing. Here’s an excerpt (or read the full article online):

We believe that people most impacted by poverty and its overlapping oppressions know best what they need to improve their lives. But too often, these experts have been barred from the institutional access and power needed to make the required systemic changes. Poverty Action disrupts this dynamic by engaging people from across Washington state living in poverty, with a special focus on people at the intersection of poverty, racism, and sexism. 

Article for Personal Finance & Retirement Site

I was invited to contribute to, Never Retire, a personal finance site focusing on alternative plans to the “increasingly elusive goal” of traditional retirement. I wrote about our family’s annual planning process and shared details of our real estate investment, which is part of our retirement plan. Here’s an excerpt (or read the full article):

Bryan and I own rental property in a suburb south of Seattle. It was our primary residence from 2003 - 2012, when we moved to an apartment in Seattle to be closer to work and our community, and to give our kids the experience of growing up in an urban center (hey homeless neighbor). 

At first we had a high tenant turnover rate, and the rental income barely covered the mortgage. If anything went wrong, it came out of our pockets. Every year at tax time it was written off as a loss, and I became anxious to just sell it.

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Article for Foster Care Research & Design Org

While at Think of Us, I wrote an article highlighting media coverage of our work. Here’s an excerpt (or read the full article online):

Think of Us and CEO Sixto Cancel helped inform a series of USA Today articles reporting on their investigations into children entering the foster care system following failed adoptions – the problem, the impact to young people, and how, despite an awareness of the broken system, there is little movement toward finding tangible solutions. 

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Ghostwritten Articles

Wrote articles for my client based on a Creative Brief that included the objective, target audience, keywords, and a rough outline. Presented drafts, made revisions based on feedback, and submitted a final document for the client to format and upload.

Article titles are:

• B2B Customer Experience: Making It Real

• Customer Experience Begins In House

• Are Your Employees Quiet Quitting? Learn What It Is and Why It Matters

PDF versions and/or company links provided upon request.