About Me:

I'm a writer.

I write for magazines and newspapers in South Jersey. Most recently, I cover bands and bars for the At the Shore Guide of the Press of Atlantic City and am a contributor for Flavor magazine. Previously, I've covered everything from murder to media trends to South Jersey landmarks to local politics. If you want to read some of those articles, click on the writing tab above. I mostly see myself as a storyteller. (To hear me tell one, or speak at your event, click on this speaking tab).

I'm currently working on a book called 'My Life with Bradley Cooper'. It's a memoir about hope, and failure, and love and redemption. About dreams, and how sometimes the story doesn't turn out like you planned. 

It's not published yet, but I've heard good things about it so far. Things like:

"I think the manuscript is actually a lot of fun,"—Michael Szczerban, Little Brown

In the spirit of the book, I also have a fairly ridiculous, but totally funny photo project, also called, "My Life with Bradley Cooper." It's received loads of attention, which has honestly floored me because, well, it's bizarre. But it's also been a ton of fun and has resulted in all kinds of adventures, including filming mini-scenes with Chris DeLuca of Headline News (my most favorite day of work, ever!). 

For more on the photo project, click right here!

I know. You can't get enough of me. Right?

In that case, here are a few tidbits about me that weren't mentioned above...

1. Born: 1974. But I don't feel a day over 45.
2. Graduated with a BA in General Arts (!?!?) from Villanova. My minors aren't much better: Theatre and Philosophy.
3. I'm a mom. Hardest and best job I've ever had. And, I actually like my kids. So much that I (gasp) homeschool them. Yikes.
4. I'm an artist and sometimes I sell stuff on this instagram page.
5. I'm notoriously clumsy and my husband has, on occasion, asked me to ride my bike on the sidewalk instead of in the street.
6. Someone once made a top ten list regarding the photo project for My Life with Bradley Cooper. It totally made my day.
7. People tell me I'm funny. And I might be. But what I definitely am is neurotic. 
8. I once made a fake twitter page—as @flatbradleycooper—so I could contribute a short story to the twitter fiction fest. The idea was to create a persona for Fake Bradley Cooper and have him being all annoyed with me. And people read it and told me that I had a hater. (If you read it, start from the bottom).

See that guy up there with me? That's my super supportive husband, Ed. This is one of the very few times we have actually managed to leave the house together, without kids, since we had them.

I don't have an 'actual' picture of me writing, but this is me 'kind of writing'. So I thought I'd show you. The photo was taken by Becky Benson Photography.

Hello? This is quite possibly my favorite picture of me ever. So obviously, I have to put it up here for no apparent reason whatsoever.