Welcome!

I am an award-winning science journalist and editor, specializing in everything astronomical. My work has appeared within the pages and/or websites of National Geographic, Quanta Magazine, Science News, Smithsonianmag.com, Nautilus, Popular Science, Discover, Astronomy, Symmetry Magazine, New Scientist, Physics World, Sky & Telescope, Mercury, and Drone360. I am also the author of seven science books for kids.

In 2025, I won the Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award, presented by the American Astronomical Society, for my feature story “What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars?,” published February 2023, in Science News. In 2013, I won the society’s David N. Schramm Award for High-Energy Astrophysics Science Journalism, for my feature article “How we know black holes exist,” in the April 2012 issue of Astronomy. I am also active in my local professional science communication association, the Science Writers Association of the Rocky Mountains.

I studied physics and astrophysics in college and graduate school, and soon found myself leaving behind mathematical equations to instead focus on the words and stories relating to astronomy. As a science journalist, I explore everything from dark matter and black holes to the outer planets and future telescopes. I love diving into the human aspect of astronomical discoveries, what drives researchers, and where science intersects with art and society. I have written dozens of feature stories and hundreds of news pieces covering all aspects of astronomical science and its sister fields.

I welcome writing and editing projects to translate complex scientific concepts and discoveries into language that not only is understandable to anyone but also captures the research’s excitement and importance.

I live in Colorado with my husband, our two fluffy Great Pyrenees-mix pups, and our small flock of hens.