Hi there! I write about travel, science, animals and any other topic that's bright and shiny and interesting enough to catch my attention. Like a beagle, I follow my nose and my curiousity.

I'm also an author! My book, LAB DOG: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research, will be published by Hachette in Fall 2025.

I was a 2021–22 MIT Knight Science Journalism Project Fellow and 2022 Vermont Law School Media Fellow. I graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and Columbia Journalism School and have written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, National Parks and People. I've interviewed Miss Piggy, Jon Bon Jovi, Laird Hamilton, Isabella Rossellini, Allison Janney, Katie Couric, Alan Greenspan,  James Dyson and hundreds of people you've never heard of but who I consider rock stars.

A third-generation Washingtonian, I'm the daughter of an engineer with a ham radio business and an artist who enjoys wordplay. I began driving cross-country in 2007, with beagle Darwin, the inspiration behind, With Dog As My Co-Pilot: A Cross-Country Drive Seems Like a Walk in the Park. Beagle Hammy and I made that coast-to-coast trip several times, visiting almost all 50 states. We lived together for more than a decade in an 11-foot-wide house in Washington, D.C. You can read more about Hammy in my piece for Washingtonian.  

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Fact: I still get excited seeing my name in print. Here's where I've been published.