Author, Speaker, Award-winning Journalist and Epilepsy Patient Advocate
My reporting career started at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and led me to television stations in Nebraska, Oregon, and Michigan from 2007 - 2014. I shot, wrote, and edited daily news reports, as well as longer-format stories. My work as a video journalist was recognized in 2015 with a Michigan Emmy® Award.
I had no intention of leaving the world of daily deadlines, but a seizure ended my career and opened the door for a new one in 2015. That’s when I learned I was a candidate for brain surgery to cure my epilepsy. As a journalist, documenting this experience was a natural decision. I directed, co-produced and edited Brainstorm, which premiered on Twin Cities PBS in November 2016, and starting airing on select public television stations nationwide in November 2017. Brainstorm is a 2017 Upper Midwest Emmy Nominee, an Impact DOCS award-winner, and a Docs Without Borders Film Festival official selection.