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Specialties: Training, online training, and technical writing for the banking and health industries.

What do you deliver? I make the complex both simple and interesting, boosting your ability to learn and remember even the more intricate details.

What is your proudest writing accomplishment? Using stories to enhance learning.

How has IWOC been a part of your success? Almost all my work has come either through the directory or another IWOC member.

A book you would highly recommend: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.

Other than work, what are you passionate about? Taiko drumming.

Describe the contents of your junk drawer or your most interesting office decoration. The contents in my junk drawer/most interesting office decoration: My son's “head shot” for applying for work as a stunt person.

A perfect weekend involves: Hiking in the Canyonlands of Utah or kayaking or cross country skiing, depending on the season.

Favorite Chicago spot: Lincoln Park and Garfield Park Conservatories.

What’s the best advice you've ever received? Accentuate the positive without getting treacley.