my story

I’ve been writing since I started my own newspaper as a child. (You’ll have to email me if you want to know its name!) A dozen years later, I earned my master’s in journalism from Columbia University. I was hired out of grad school as a staff reporter for Newsday, a daily newspaper on Long Island, New York.

After two years, I decided to take the freelance leap because I wanted more control over my work — and my life. I moved back to the Philadelphia area, where I live today, and drew on my journalism skills to develop engaging health and science content and copywriting for brands and institutions.

Years of experience

Publications

These days, if I’m not at my desk, I’m probably:

📚 Reading literary fiction. Right now, I’m working my way through the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. If you want to read more books this year, here are my 24 tips to read more in 2024.

⚾️ At the ballpark. Sometimes rooting for the Phillies, but more often cheering for my two Little Leaguers.

🌳 Walking outside. Usually with a podcast, like We Can Do Hard Things, in my ears.

"[Christina] knocked it out of the park! Her profile was engaging from lede to conclusion, with great storytelling and quotes. We used it as our cover story, and I am now holding up her profile as the standard of excellence to show other freelance writers I’m considering hiring. She was also easy to work, provided clean copy that needed little editing, followed all my instructions and our style, and even turned in her story two days early!"

Melanie Padgett Powers, Managing Editor @ The Physiologist Magazine

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