Writing is, by far, one of my favorite things. Here you'll see projects I've done for work, for school, and for pleasure. I hope that you'll pull up a chair and enjoy!
Grant Proposal
In 2018 and 2019, I took a grant writing course with the American Grant Writers' Association. At the culmination of the course, I drafted this mock grant proposal to the U.S. Department of Education.
Crisis Communication Plan
As part of my Master's coursework, I spent a semester studying the intricacies of preparing, planning, and executing a strategic crisis communication plan to protect the continuity of an organization's image and mission. This is a mock plan that I wrote on behalf of an elementary school in Washington state.
Crisis Management Analysis
In addition to crafting the right pre-crisis messaging, it is also important to analyze what can go wrong during and after an event. This is my analysis of a governor's breach of quarantine laws during the 2020 wildfire season in Washington state.
"Can I Talk to Nina?"
Kir Bulychëv was a 20th century Russian author of science fiction, children's literature, and poetry. In 1975, Bulychëv published a series of short stories in a collection of works known in English as Half a Life. Recently a friend of mine translated one of these Russian stories into Slovak - and I enjoyed the story so much that I translated it from Slovak into English. Hear what happens when she picks up the phone and softly says: "This is Nina..."