I specialize in creating impactful narratives for traditional and emerging media. My work is driven by a commitment to storytelling as a means for social change.

I wrote and produced Groundworks, a documentary about California Native artists that aired over 1,000 times on PBS member stations and now streams on PBS Passport. An experienced science communicator, I received an Emmy Award for my research and production work on the documentary No Greater Love about organ donation. I’ve also directed short science news videos for the Science Museum in London, UK. As director and producer of Captain Me, a research-based, interactive musical series for children with diverse needs, I bring together storytelling, accessibility, and educational media.

Through Toasterlab, a media production company that co-founded, I create place-based extended reality (XR) and immersive experiences that promote deeper engagement with history, community, and imagination. Our XR productions include the nature and community arts apps From Weeds We Grow and Virtual Parkway Forest. I co-wrote the immersive theatre/AR show Transmission, about a family grappling with a mysterious, interstellar messages, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe FuturePlay Festival and Future of Storytelling Festival in New York. Most recently, I directed, produced, and co-wrote a new musical called The Laundry List, a vaudeville-inspired show that celebrates women in the Prohibition era.

My creative writing focuses on families and mysteries, often with surreal, sci-fi, and comedic twists. I co-wrote the feature screenplay Through with You, commissioned by Lily Tomlin and starring her iconic characters in a surreal whodunnit. My humorous essays have appeared in The Hairpin and the Los Angeles Times, and I’ve performed original sketch and improv work at The Second City and Comedy Bar in Toronto.

I’m passionate about education and teaching.

As an educator, I bring a studio-based, interdisciplinary approach to teaching storytelling in all its forms—from screenwriting to narrative theory to emerging digital media. I currently teach at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Scriptwriting & Story Design Program, Film Program, and Media Production Program. I also each writing for performance in the Department of English & Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga. I’ve previously taught at CalArts and led creative workshops for York University, the Prague Quadrennial, and the Toronto Arts Council’s Arts in the Parks initiative. My teaching emphasizes bold creative exploration, collaborative process, and a critical understanding of narrative's power in a changing media landscape.

I’ve presented on my work at the University of British Columbia, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, York University, and the Edinburgh Fringe. I’ve developed degree programs that integrate art, narrative, and technology at Brown University, CalArts, and York University, and I’ve held academic affairs leadership roles at CalArts and the University of Toronto. I hold a BA in Psychology from UCLA and an MFA in Creative Writing from CalArts, and I am a graduate of The Second City Conservatory in Toronto.