Arlington, Virginia, United States
I'm a writer, speaker, and emerging family advocate in the addiction and recovery field. My work on resilience has been featured in The New York Times, Healthline, Psych Central, This American Life and in numerous literary journals, most recently Anti-heroin Chic. I am currently revising a creative nonfiction manuscript, "Above Us Only Sky: Beyond my Addiction to my Daughter's Addiction" through which I hope to offer solace and hope to other struggling parents. Having found strength in communities like Al-anon and mindfulness groups, I believe it is never too late to recover one's courage and voice. To learn more about how I can contribute as an advocate, I will begin Georgetown University's M.S. program in Addiction Policy and Practice this July.
A regular contributor to Healthline, writing researched articles on the topics of mental health, sometimes with a personal slant. Most recently I wrote a feature about how caretakers struggle to balance their important work with their own personal needs and lives during the pandemic lockdown: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-covid-19-impacts-full-time-caretakers I also enjoyed writing this article about the mental health benefits of doodling. https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health-benefits-doodling#downsides
Write monthly features, Q and As, and SEOs helping parents ready their students and themselves to apply for, pay for, and make the most out of college.
* Helped generate concept ideas and wrote/edited marketing collateral for TNC's One for the Bay Campaign. * Conceptualized and developed interview questions, transcribed interviews, and wrote script for The Nature Conservancy's audio tour for the 2013 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph's TREES exhibit. * Reported and wrote articles for TNC's newsletter: "Visual Celebration of the Bay" by Karen Sosnoski http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/explore/visual-celebration-of-the-bay-2.xml Profile of TNC's Photo Archive Manager, Erika Nortemann, August 2012. "Explore the River Runs Through Us." By Karen Sosnoski. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/explore/stephanieflack_dceff_interview.xml TNC's Potomac River Director Stephanie Flack and DC's Environmental Film Festival. February 2013. "Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital." By Karen Sosnoski. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/explore/flo-stone-dc-eff-interview.xml February 2013 "LOOK3, The Nature Conservancy, and Tim Laman's Birds of Paradise." By Karen Sosnoski. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/explore/tim-lamans-birds-of-paradise.xml March 2013.