Professional Writing Portfolio

With 12 years experience as an educator and three years as a writing tutor, research played a large role in my teaching and tutoring. And so, anything written is thoroughly supported by credible sources properly vetted by me before use. Plus, I possess unique researching skills; I can find anything and will gleefully go down any rabbit hole (writing samples below).

Experience in this field include employment at General Dynamics Electric Boat as a security-cleared technical writer of SOPs for Navy submarines. Clarity of instructions and the logic behind the instructions was of great concern to me as a writer. This experience was used in future positions as a technical writer/editor when working with SMEs and stakeholders for companies such as Apple, Amazon Web Services and The Walt Disney Company.

Additionally, I have the ability to take any complex technical content and simplify it for better understanding (writing sample below).

As a communication major in undergrad, my focus was scriptwriting for radio. I was mentored by a communication professor who worked with me to develop my writing. Two scripts I wrote have been performed on air and on stage. For my lecture videos, I wrote and recorded scripts for my course content. (Click on 'Teaching' from dropdown menu above to learn more; writing samples below.)

Experience in this field is limited to one important, successful event: My filing of a Freedom of Information Commission complaint against a public agency, which was ruled in my favor. My written oral argument at the Commission hearing is available below. If you wish to hear the oral argument, you can listen at 23:08 at https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/foi/recordings/2025/comm-meeting-recordings-2025/foi_meeting_05-28-25a.mp3?rev=a79e63cd404a492abe040560b3f941a7&sc_lang=en&hash=5B6D4A87C4561D4901473AA84B0808EF

For the past two years I have been writing profiles and news features for a government agency newsletter. This type of writing relies heavily on my research skills for accurate reporting, as well as my versatility as a writer as I am required to write engaging profiles of employees (writing samples below).

I began proofreading for a small advertising agency in Connecticut in 2010 and have worked as a freelance proofreader ever since (editing/proofreading generic samples below).

Ghostwriting for romance magazines is how I got my start in writing. Since then, I have received freelance blog and ghostwriting jobs on occasion, one was for WTHN Channel News 8 in New Haven, Connecticut (writing samples below).