I am a writer and editor with a degree in journalism and a career extending from newspaper reporting to trade journalism to corporate communications. I've stood in crop fields in Montana talking to farmers about their hail-damaged crops, watched corrugating machines crimp paperboard as I toured box plants throughout North America and Europe, and I've sat beside terminally ill patients as they told me about their hobbies, pets and loved ones.

Dizzying changes have taken place in the media and communications fields over the years, and the number of platforms that we use to spread our messages increases daily. But, no matter what, two points remain constant: 1) Everyone and everything has a story to tell, and; 2) People connect through stories. I am skilled at mining for those stories and sharing them in compelling ways, thus enabling those valuable connections.