About Me

I was born and raised in Houma, Louisiana, deep in bayou country, with a gaggle of aunts, uncles, and cousins. I spent afternoons at my grandmother's house where my cousins and I played Spades, got too close to the bayou, and cheated at Monopoly.

My first foray into storytelling was a best seller… among my fellow sixth graders at St. Francis de Sales Elementary. The assignment was to write a short story. I wrote a romance called “Love in Paris,” complete with a pink construction paper cover embellished with stars. Everybody––except Mrs. Dupre and the nuns––loved the skinny dipping by moonlight scene. I loved everything about the feeling of making up a story, a world, that people couldn’t stop talking about. Needless to say, I was bitten by the writing bug.

I received my bachelor’s degree in drama and communications from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Since grad school, I’ve been an advertising copywriter and creative director by day and a hedge witch––an alternative spelling for fiction writer­­––by night.

My lifelong passion for words and stories has fueled my 20-year advertising career, sparking the meticulous copywriting and expert creative direction that brings brand messaging to life.