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I am a freelance journalist specializing in individual and community - public and environmental health. I write personality, business, and neighborhood profiles. I interview authors, physicians, health experts, NPO/NGO leaders, activists, artists, and corporate CEOs. My published work includes cover stories, feature articles, columns, and department pieces.
On a more personal note - my essays touch on everyday life in all its splendid and less-than-marvelous moments: family, pets, nature, and more.
2003 - Present - Feature Articles, Cover Stories & Essays: World Watch Magazine, Earth Island Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Women’s Adventure Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek My Turn Online, Oakland Magazine, Alameda Magazine, The East Bay Monthly, Bay Area BusinessWoman.
Published Interviews Include: Stacy Malkan, author, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry; Louann Brizendine M.D., best selling author The Female Brain; Michael Brune, Executive Director, the Sierra Club; Annie Leonard, The Story of Stuff; Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy; Deborah Koons Garcia, The Future of Food; Linda Ojeda Ph.D., author Menopause Without Medicine; Jeanie Linders, creator "Menopause the Musical"; Beth Waitkus, Director Insight Garden Project at San Quentin Prison, and others.
January 2008 – January 2010 In Good Health Column – The (East Bay) Monthly
September 2003 – September 2008: Monthly Healthwise Living Column – Alameda Sun Newspaper
ACADEMIC:
1976 – B.S. Community Health, University of Oregon
1978 – M.S. Community Service and Public Affairs, University of Oregon
Major: Public Health Planning and Administration
MANAGEMENT:
1981-85 – Health Plan of America HMO - Emeryville, California
Sponsored by California Catholic Hospitals
Director of Provider Relations
Director of Marketing
1986-89 – RIDES for Bay Area Commuters - San Francisco, California
Director of Marketing
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
1989 – 2010 - Busy Mom: School and Community Volunteer
2002 – 2005 - Developed and led Alameda Menopause Support Group
Organized, sponsored, and promoted Health Education Workshops
