Writing

I intermittently write for blogs and organizations outside of my personal site, topics ranging from the personal to the academic.

Sisarina Body Image Series: I Love My Body

A New Way of Seeing Things: My Experiences in Kenya – Blog from research, travel, and volunteering in Kenya May-July 2009.

Performance-based Financing: Benefits, Risks, and Potential for Improving Health Outcomes

USAID HIV Profile: Madagascar – completed with input from the USAID Mission in Madagascar and USAID Headquarters. Authored a number of additional HIV profiles, primarily for countries in Africa and Asia, and wrote select regional and sub-regional profiles.

Chi Omegas Flourish – Short feature in the national Chi Omega Fraternity publication, The Eleusis, about my time at One Home Many Hopes.

Cutting Honors Classes Hurts Rockford Residents - A guest column in the Rockford Register Star, speaking out against the unilateral decision by the RPS205 superintendent to cut all honors courses. Commented on in the Seat at the Table blog by one of the editors at the paper.