I started working as a journalist in 2011 and never looked back. I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I write about the people, places, and ingredients behind your food.

I’ve worked as an editor at three newspapers, including as interim News Editor at INDY Week and as Managing Editor at Triad City Beat. Before I turned my focus to food writing, I contributed research to this front-page New York Times article about racial bias in police traffic stops, dug up radical history for Teen Vogue, and penned an op-ed for Business Insider.

My food writing has appeared in Bon Appétit, Serious Eats, VICE, Wine Enthusiast, The Infatuation, Southern Living, Edible Brooklyn, Eater Carolinas, Life & Thyme, Local Palate and Vegetarian Times, among countless others.

In 2022 and 2023, I served as a judge for the famed James Beard Awards.

I’m currently the Editor of Food Fanatic, a long-standing recipe site and resource for home cooks. I previously served as Director of Communications & Content at the Center for Creative Leadership, a global leadership development nonprofit.

In 2016, I graduated with a certificate in documentary arts from Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies. I also hold a bachelor’s degree in history from Guilford College, where I minored in community & justice studies (and wrote for the student paper, of course).

Want to know more? You can read about me on the appropriately named About page.