I’ve spent much of my career shaping others' voices and stories. While I have more than a decade of experience as an editor and ghostwriter, I still think it’s important to showcase work under my own byline. From coverage of America’s toughest prisons to profiles of luminaries in the dental industry, the pieces below reflect the breadth of stories I’ve authored.
Incisal Edge
Women may newly dominate dental schools, but turning those numbers into real power could take decades. An overview of the current barriers—and how some of the industry’s top trailblazers are breaking through.
5280 Magazine
This personal essay appeared in the National Magazine Award–winning feature “The Art of Dying Well.”
5280 Magazine
Discover insider facts about ADX Florence, the only federal Supermax prison in the U.S.
5280 Magazine
Satiate your adventurous spirit and your thirst for style at these vacation retreats.
America’s highest-security federal prison is home to some of the world’s most notorious criminals, including Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo,” shoe bomber Richard Reid, and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
5280 Magazine
While there is no perfect solution to this complex issue, we look at a few programs that the city of Denver is using to address homeless—and rank their effectiveness.
5280 Magazine
This year, oral cancer will strike nearly 50,000 Americans, half of whom will die within five years. Its mortality rate has remained stubbornly high — so why isn’t the disease higher on the public radar? And what steps can dentists take to help arrest the damage of this persistent scourge?
Incisal Edge
With its grand opening just around the corner, the team behind the church for "Elevationists" is carefully managing legal and neighborhood concerns.
5280 Magazine
Kristin Bear's luxury lingerie and loungewear brand is perfectly sensual, functional, and affordable.
5280 Magazine
Better syringes, at-home denture molds, the finest whitening system now available, flawless and quick sterilization units: The brightest minds of the dental industry can make it all happen.
Incisal Edge
The once-a-decade, mandatory survey is kind of a big deal. We break down what's at stake for the Centennial State.
5280 Magazine
If you had quizzed me this time two years ago on where I thought I’d be right now, the Gulf Coast probably wouldn’t have been my first—or fifth—guess.
Harbor Bluffs Living
Peripatetic Shawn Oprisiu has been everywhere, man—but her latest stop, the Kansas City metropolitan area, is where she's truly making her mark in public health, bringing mobile dental hygiene to kids in two states.
Incisal Edge
Federal agencies continue to deny responsibility for the U.S. Navy's chemical weapons and explosives testing on Vieques Island—where residents suffer higher than normal cancer rates and illness.
Puerto Rico: Unsettled Territory
New York Times bestseller Will Schwalbe’s newest work is one for the voracious reader in all of us.
5280 Magazine
More than 600 people died on Colorado roadways in 2016, and in Denver, traffic fatalities have gone up every year since 2005. Why is this happening—and what can we do about it?
5280 Magazine
These doctors show-cased on the three dozen pages ahead offer a unique blend of professional skill in the office, good works out of the office and a certain unassailable sartorial style. They’re an impressive bunch, this year’s dentists—and you need only turn the page to see why.
Incisal Edge
A longstanding health debate is brought to the foreground once again in the 2025 political landscape: Is fluoride in drinking water safe?
Tucson Sentinel