Writer, Content Strategist, Entrepreneur

I’m a writer, editor, and entrepreneur based in Nanaimo, BC. I’m honoured to live and work on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

I’m the owner of Heritage Cookbook, a custom publishing platform that helps families, businesses, and fundraising groups transform recipes and personal stories into professionally designed cookbooks. My work sits at the intersection of storytelling, publishing, and audience-focused communication—developing tools, content, and programs that make complex creative processes feel accessible and manageable for everyday users.

My background is in writing, editing, and public-facing content development. I hold a BA in Art History from the University of Victoria and a Masters in Food Culture and Communications from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. I worked as a tree-planting camp cook before landing my first major writing role as Tourism Richmond’s 365 Days of Dining food blogger, where I researched, wrote, and published daily content for a year.

That experience led to FEAST: An Edible Road Trip, a cross-country storytelling project I co-created with Dana VanVeller. Over five months, we travelled 37,000 km across all ten provinces and three territories documenting Canadian food culture. The project won a Saveur Best Food Blog Awards award and evolved into a cookbook published by Penguin Random House Canada. FEAST: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road Trip later won Gold at the Taste Canada Awards.

Over the years, I’ve worked across publishing, editorial, and digital communications projects for organizations including Row 7 Seeds, Internova Travel Group, and Condé Nast, while also contributing to a large-scale Indigenous publishing initiative with the Government of Nunavut involving research conducted across the Canadian Arctic.

Today, my focus is on developing thoughtful, accessible, and story-driven content and programs—from publishing platforms and educational initiatives to legacy-focused projects designed to help people preserve and share meaningful experiences.

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