Hi! I’m an award-winning health and science journalist living in Brooklyn.

I’m an independent health writer and podcaster, currently writing a book about the science and history of fertility for WW Norton. Some of my favorite stories have covered the rise of DIY gene-editing, the push to make magic mushrooms mainstream, the fall of 23andMe, and the quest to stop menopause, among other things. My 2024 podcast series, Prognosis: Misconception, is probably my most intimate piece of reporting to date: it followed my own personal journey through the fertility industry. And my 2021 podcast series on the rise of vaccine hesitancy in America, Doubt, won a silver Signal Award and was nominated for a Webby.

Previously, I’ve worked as a staffer at outlets including Bloomberg, Gizmodo, and the San Francisco Chronicle. I’ve got an MA in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia University and a BA from NYU in Journalism and Middle Eastern Studies.

I’m originally from a little place in California known as The OC, but think New York is the best city in the world. I share my teeny apartment with my husband, our two cats Avalanche and Lewie and a bunch of fish.