Biography

I'm a PhD Candidate, Kroner Family Fellow, Judith and Neil Morgan Fellow, and UC President's Dissertation Year Fellow in the Communication department at UC San Diego. I'm also a member of the Science Studies Program and the Graduate Specialization in Critical Gender Studies. In 2021, I joined the Centre for Fat Liberation and Scholarship as an Inaugural Junior Fellow.

Education-wise, I received my BA in Biology from Wesleyan University and my MS in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. I also have an MA in Communication from my current program.

Prior to UCSD, I taught as a Part-Time Lecturer at Rutgers University in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department and at Sarah Lawrence College in the Master’s of Health Advocacy Program.

I am a proud cat mom to Nova (left) and Aurora (right).