The word "clean" has never been so, well, murky. When it's applied to the serums and shampoos that we use every day, it can mean very different things to different people (and different brands and different retailers). That's why we took it upon ourselves to analyze the research, talk to experts on all sides (toxicologists, dermatologists, chemists), and determine which ingredients we think a "clean" beauty product should not contain. There are those that could pose health risks (phthalates, for

I wanted to cover this emerging category in a way no one else in the industry had, so I pitched/wrote/researched/product-tested/self-edited this awards package that wowed audiences and drove revenue for the brand.

When computational design and material systems expert Sean Ahlquist learned that his daughter had autism he shifted the way he works—and is now creating structures that may change the lives of other children with the condition.

Struggling with her identity, entrepreneur Natalie Egan defaulted to an aggressive leadership style that doomed her first company. I wrote about how in embracing her true self, she's leading a new team putting empathy first.

I assigned and edited this 12-page package in Women's Health, written by award-winning writer Kelly Mickle. It was National Magazine Award finalist in the Personal Service category for 2018.

As the national debate around firearms rages on, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence, joined together to investigate wounds we can't see: the psychological trauma that takes hold in the aftermath. Cosmo Deputy Editor Meredith Bryant and I edited this piece, which appeared in all three outlets.

For this Women's Health feature, I visited the Cleveland Clinic to explore alternative methods to deal with chronic pain.

We expect doctors to live by that golden rule of medical ethics. The darker reality: Sexual abuse by physicians happens shockingly often. And while their victims suffer years of physical and emotional fallout, most doctors go unpunished. This story, assigned to journalist Abigail Pesta, won the Newswomen's Club of New York's Magazine Feature award in 2017.

One in five women have been sexually assaulted. Many may suffer PTSD that is often more severe and longer lasting than a combat veteran’s. Carrie Arnold investigated the unspoken aftermath of rape for me in Women's Health.

As the 2016 election loomed, Gretchen Voss penned this expose for me about the lack of paid leave for American women, who are breadwinners in two-thirds of families with children.

After getting an antibiotic-resistant infection myself, I assigned Gretchen Voss to write about how we're on the brink of a dangerous era in which everyday diseases—ones that we're used to knocking out with pills—could become virulent killers.