My Background
 

My professional and scholarly work is anchored at the intersection of critical literacy, language systems, and institutional discourse, synthesizing over a decade of higher-education instruction, published research, and nonprofit administration.  Holding a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Cornell University alongside an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and an M.A. in Language & Literacy from City College of New York, my background bridges high-level academic theory with practical, real-world execution.  Through my work as an adjunct composition and literacy instructor across diverse university settings including Kean University, Hudson County Community College, and the City University of New York, I have engineered full 15-week syllabi, multimodal writing curricula, and schema-building frameworks designed to move students past mechanical compliance and into genuine rhetorical agency.  This direct classroom tenure qualifies my work in Curriculum & Educational Resource Design, where I treat pedagogical architecture not as a set of static rubrics, but as cognitive scaffolding that equips learners to interrogate power, decode complex texts, and navigate institutional demands.

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Simultaneously, my work in Public Humanities & Knowledge Translation and Scholarly Developmental & Line Editing stems from extensive professional experience translating dense, specialized subject matter for both scholarly publication and broad civic audiences.  As a published freelance writer and researcher for the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, I routinely analyze active legislation, judicial doctrines, and complex historical records—distilling nuanced issues like Indian boarding schools, federal gun manufacturer liability under the PLCAA, and systemic violence against Indigenous women into rigorous, accessible prose across distinct editorial registers.  My editorial method avoids corporate buzzwords and superficial marketing tactics; instead, drawing on my training in discourse analysis, linguistics, and rhetoric; I help writers, researchers, and organizations sharpen thesis arguments, eliminate syntactic bloat, and maintain evidentiary integrity while preserving the author's authentic voice.

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Finally, my qualification in Forensic Research & Fact-Checking is reinforced by a rare operational background: years spent outside the traditional academy managing nonprofit accounting and bookkeeping for organizations like Girls Who Code and Make the Road NY.  Navigating external financial audits, grant budget structures, and detailed organizational allocations instilled in me a forensic attention to detail that directly informs my source verification and archival investigations.  Far from operating solely in an abstract ivory tower, I approach research with the investigative discipline of a practitioner who understands how public policy, civic finances, institutional records, and rhetoric operate from the inside out.  This multidisciplinary trajectory as educator, published researcher, and operational administrator, directly underpins my capacity to deliver rigorous, ethical, and intellectually grounded editorial and pedagogical solutions.