Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I'm a freelance writer living in Brooklyn. I focus on writing about fashion, food,travel, and other cultural topics. I'm interested in finding a job in the magazine industry, or doing communications work for arts organizations or nonprofits.

Work History

• Style Wok
• Fashion blogger
• March 2011 to Present

• With the mission in mind to be the "New York Times of fashion blogs," I write about fashion from the thinking girl's point of view.

• Park Slope Reader
• Food columnist
• April 2011 to Present

• I write about food news in Brooklyn for a quarterly magazine distributed throughout the neighborhoods of Park Slope and Prospect Heights.

• Ask A Stylist
• Stylist/writer
• May 2010 to Present

• I answer questions about fashion for an iPhone app, Ask A Stylist, that's run by like.com. I also do project assistance for their ecommerce site, boutiques.com.

• ZoraSpace
• Publicist
• October 2010 to March 2011

• I wrote press releases for an arts space, as well as helped with social media management and event planning.

• Time Out NY
• Shopping and Style Intern
• August 2010 to October 2010

• I wrote about new stores, reported on fashion shows, managed samples and was the liaison for PR companies, and fact-checked.

• BUST Magazine
• Editorial Intern
• May 2009 to August 2009

• I fact-checked, transcribed interview, managed book reviewers, blogged daily, reviewed submissions, and did web administration.

• Rosie's Place Women's Shelter
• Arts Intern
• January 2009 to May 2009

• I taught writing and arts classes, organized field trips, and planned their first art show.

Education

• Emerson College
• BFA Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Magazine writing and publishing
• 2007 - 2010

• I won the Evvy award for Outstanding Achievement - Nonfiction Prose, as well as the Award of Distinction for Senior Writing, Literature, and Publishing students.