Portfolio

EDITING AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

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Essay Specialist and Writing Coach for Prompt

Providing detailed, actionable feedback to students worldwide for their college admissions materials as well as individualized coaching through remote video conference.

Book Editor

Provided substantive editing for Ron Sandison’s third book, Views from the Spectrum: A Window into the Life and Faith of Your Neurodiverse Child (available fall 2020 by Kregel Publications)

WRITING EXPERIENCE

COVID-19 Coverage
Therapists are Here for Us While We Stay at Home

Reported Articles for “Exceptional Families” Column
Supporting Artists of All Ability Levels
7 Ways to Be a Positive Parent for Your Child with Special Needs
Dr. Bowers Creates a “Home Away From Home” for Quirky Kids

Reported Articles for “Healthy Kids” Column
Pregnancy as a Collaborative Experience
Acknowledging Our Children’s Fears Rather Than Dismissing It
Paternity Leave, Waterbirth, and Financial Burden

Listicles
20 Books Your Kids Will Love
Grocery Shopping Made Easy

Writer for News/Trending Topics Team
M is for MAMA (and also Merlot) is the Next Great Classic for Moms
Laura Benanti Creates Community During COVID-19 Crisis
Teachers Go Above and Beyond to Create Social Distancing Parade for Kids
Sick of Shia? Let’s Celebrate Zack. He Deserves It.

Personal Essays
Autism Still Lives Here
How to Raise a Bully
What My Son with Special Needs CAN Do
ASD Meltdowns: “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’!”
When Your Child is the Socially Awkward Extrovert
This is How Being Called Ugly Shaped Me

Personal Essays
A Life Measured in Laundry Loads
On Being Raised a Trekkie
An Open Letter to my Son’s Preschool Class
10 Things I Wish People Knew About Being a Parent to a Child with Autism

Personal Essay
Why Did God Make Me This Way?

Personal Essays
Which Mommy Will I Be?
Diving into a Diagnosis
Poetry
My Mom Jeans  

Contributor to the New York Times bestselling anthology series by Jen Mann

Personal Essay: Between Breaths
Under pseudonym Miranda Raye

Personal website where I write about my experiences raising a child with autism.