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It all started with my teddy bear, Snuggle.

Yes, that Snuggle. It was the beginning of eighth grade, and my language arts teacher talked me into joining her writing club. I was hesitant. I liked writing. I liked reading. But I’d never written much outside of class assignments.

That quickly changed.

Just a few meetings into the club, Yo! Houston, the weekly teen section of the Houston Chronicle, put out an essay contest: write about your best friend and what makes them your best friend.

I knew I had to set myself apart, so I came up with the most creative answer I could think of: my teddy bear, Snuggle.

It wasn’t a terribly cool choice for a 12-year-old, but my creativity paid off. Yo! Houston picked my essay as one of eight winners, and thus began my desire to call myself a writer.

Becoming a journalist

That moment led to studying journalism in high school as a member of the newspaper and yearbook staff. I dabbled in writing for college newspapers before landing an internship with a local paper in Tulsa that eventually turned into my first full-time job.

Then I decided to try something completely different: writing for television. It was short-lived (thanks 2008 financial crisis), but it made me realize I didn’t have to stay in the print journalism lane forever.

Which led to the next chapter and where I spent more than a decade of my career.

Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout

After several months of freelance work and a move back home to Texas in 2009, a magazine showed up in the mail. It was my bi-monthly issue of The Golden Link, a magazine produced by my local Girl Scout council which I received because I’m a lifetime member.

I wonder if they need a volunteer writer or editor? I thought.

So I cold-called the communications director. “No volunteer roles,” she said, “but we do have a part-time position.” I interviewed, and the next week I was seated at a desk in their office with my first assignment: writing bios for the senior leadership team.

Girl Scouts taught me confidence, compassion, and citizenship as a girl, and it would teach me even more as a young professional.

A crash course in marketing and communications

During my time with the council, I drafted press releases, maintained a press clipping database, and helped launch social media channels. I wrote articles for our print publications, assisted with photoshoots, and even jumped behind the camera now and again at summer camp and donor events.

As I learned more about communications and marketing, I was given more responsibility: managing content for two publications, assisting with crisis communications, and, eventually, overseeing all email marketing and website content.

I loved it because I got to try a little bit of everything.

It also gave me time on evenings and weekends to launch two blogs where I could practice my writing and marketing skills: The Good Groupie (currently on hiatus) and Spooky Little Halloween.

Returning to my first love

But I found myself missing the reason I loved writing in the first place: crafting compelling stories about interesting human beings.

Lucky for me, my dream job landed in my lap during the summer of 2021. For a year, I worked as a content manager for Girl Scouts of the USA. It was short-lived thanks to a reorganization, but it gave me the opportunity to get back to the thing I love most: writing.

The next chapter

Since then, I spent a year working freelance using all my marketing and communications skills from writing and editing to graphic design and website management. As of May 2024, I am a content manager with Eightfold AI. It’s been a blast learning the tech and HR worlds.

 

Where I’ve Been Featured:

Speaker:

  • Midsummer Scream in Long Beach, CA (Aug. 2019)
  • Preserve Halloween Festival in Irving, TX (Nov. 2021 & Nov. 2022)
  • Scarydad’s Haunted Halloween Show in Houston, TX (Sept. 2019)
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