Writing
From science education blogs to comedy screenplays to news articles to petitions, my writing portfolio is an eclectic collection that reflects the abundance and variation in my interests.
Preview some of my most recent work below.
INTERNATIONAL VICTORY FOR SHORTFIN MAKO SHARKS
The iconic shortfin mako shark, which has been classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species since 2019, received some much-needed good news this holiday season. On Nov. 23, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), an intergovernmental organization of many of the world’s fishing nations, agreed to a two-year ban on the retaining, shipping, or landing of the endangered North Atlantic shortfin mako shark to allow the species to recover...
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE
There's a good chance June being World Ocean Month has slipped your radar -- and as a Midwesterner, that news may seem irrelevant to you anyway. Though the closest thing we have to an ocean is Lake Michigan, the sea still plays an enormous role in our lives. If you eat seafood, take certain medicines or vitamins, enjoy David Attenborough documentaries or breathe oxygen, you have the ocean to thank.
Unfortunately, as our daily lives have become saturated with plastics, so too have plastics invaded every corner of our blue planet...
TACKLING ILLEGAL FISHING AND FORCED LABOR IN THE SEAFOOD SECTOR
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing includes ignoring catch limits, targeting protected wildlife, and fishing in prohibited areas or for unmanaged species in unmanaged places. Given the vastness of our oceans and limited enforcement, IUU fishing can be a low-risk, high-reward crime, thriving within a seafood supply chain rife with blind spots...
Additional Projects
LOCAL STORY PITCH:
Activist Battles Plastic to Save the Ocean
An original story pitch that was picked up by multiple news outlets, including the Miami Herald. Read the article here!
