Portfolio Samples
A FEW FAVORITES
“It Takes a Village: How Hikers and Mountain Towns Help Each Other on the Colorado Trail,” Colorado Country Life magazine, June 2024.
"Trial by Fire" Out There podcast, September 2021.
"Follow the Hula Girl," Rise: An Anthology of Change, October 2019. (5 stars, IndieReader and Rabbit Hole Reviews, 2020 Colorado Book Award)
"The Motherload," Out There podcast, June 2017.
COLLABORATIONS
The Road She’s Traveled, contributing author, Wolverine Press, October 2021
Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, finalist readings for CBA (my intro at 10:45), May 2020; FoCo Bookfest reading, July 2020
"Trust Your Gut" Sierra magazine, May/June 2020
"Coyote’s Beauty Secrets" Out There podcast and Misadventures magazine, November 2017
AWARDS
Aspiring Authors Scholarship, Colorado Authors Hall of Fame, 2024
First Pages Prize, 2024 Longlist in Creative Nonfiction, 2024
Top of the Rockies Award, Society of Professional Journalists, First Place Podcast, small newsroom division, (collaboration with Out There podcast on “Trial by Fire”), 2022
Wild Women Story Contest, Tulip Tree Review, 2021
Colorado Book Award, Colorado Humanities, Collection/Anthology category, 2020
Pushcart Prize nominee, “Follow the Hula Girl,” 2020
PRNDI Award (now PMJA), First Place Independent Podcast, (collaboration with Out There podcast on “Selfish Acts”), 2019
ANTHOLOGIES
Si, Se Puede, The Road She’s Traveled, October 2021
A Life by Design, The Road She’s Traveled, October 2021 (lead story)
Bruised Ego Trip, Wild Women, Spring/Summer 2021
Follow the Hula Girl, Rise: An Anthology of Change, (lead story), 2020 Colorado Book Award, nominated for the Pushcart Prize
LIST OF CLIPS
Cover Stories
It Takes a Village, Colorado Country Life magazine, June 2024
Gaining Ground for the Black-Footed Ferret, Colorado Country Life magazine, February 2024
The Giggling Life, Colorado Country Life magazine, October 2023
Cool Under Fire, Around the Oval, Spring 2021
Saving Room For Pie, Fort Collins magazine, Fall 2018
Personal Essays Recorded as Podcast Episodes
Trial by Fire, Out There podcast 2021 (Top of the Rockies Award, SPJ, 2022)
Double or Nothing, Out There podcast 2019
Coyote’s Beauty Secrets, Out There podcast 2018
The Motherload, Out There podcast 2017
Podcast Collaboration/Editing
Selfless Acts, Out There podcast (PRNDI First Place Award, Independent Podcast, 2019)
Just for Me, Out There podcast
Risk Takers, She Explores podcast
Personal Essays in Print
Bruised Ego Trip, Wild Women anthology
Follow the Hula Girl, lead story in Rise: An Anthology of Change (5 stars, IndieReader and Rabbit Hole Reviews | 2020 Colorado Book Award)
Coyote’s Beauty Secrets, Misadventures magazine
Outdoor How-To
Trust Your Gut, Sierra Magazine
Lifestyle Pieces
Building Dreams on Lake Loveland, NOCO Style magazine
Farmhouse Fresh, NOCO Style magazine
A Kitchen Brought to Light, NOCO Style magazine
Preserving Charm in Old Town, NOCO Style magazine
Stress the Positive and Live Longer, Mind+Body magazine
Crossover Legend Al Jarreau Makes Jazz Accessible to Everyone, The Coloradoan newspaper
Higher Ed Profiles
Cool Under Fire, Around the Oval (cover story)
Homegrown Hero, Around the Oval
The Entourage Effect, Around the Oval
Like Father, Like Daughter, Around the Oval
Breathing New Life into Old Town, Around the Oval
Old Main Falls as Activism Flares During the Vietnam War, Around the Oval
Career in Full Gear, Around the Oval
Banding Together, Around the Oval
A MIX OF PORTFOLIO SAMPLES
