I’ve lived two very different professional lives — one in hospitality, and another in public policy, communications, and writing. On paper, they look unrelated. In practice, they rely on the same strengths: precision, judgment, problem-solving, and the ability to turn ideas into action.

My first career was in hospitality. I managed events, ran a business, and coordinated dozens of weddings and conferences — the kind of work that demands stamina, foresight, and calm under pressure. There’s no better training in logistics and leadership than standing in the middle of a 300-person event, troubleshooting problems in real time while keeping clients, staff, and vendors aligned. That work taught me how to manage teams, budgets, timelines, and expectations — and how to anticipate issues long before they become visible.

Alongside that work, I pursued advanced wine education. Becoming a sommelier is an exercise in disciplined reasoning: blind tasting requires evidence, deduction, and the ability to rule things out methodically. It’s part art, part science, and deeply analytical. Wine, I learned, isn’t just a product — it’s history in liquid form. Trade, geography, agriculture, economics, and diplomacy all leave their mark in the glass. That lens shaped how I think about systems, incentives, and culture more broadly.

Eventually, I returned to university to complete a degree in history and moved into journalism, marketing, and public policy. In marketing, I learned how data disciplines storytelling — how audience behaviour, conversion metrics, and testing reveal what actually resonates. Managing campaigns for high-net-worth clients meant every decision had to be justified by performance, not instinct alone. Finding the story inside the numbers became one of my favourite parts of the work.

Since then, I’ve worked across editorial leadership, policy communications, research, and independent projects. I’ve led teams in both creative and operational contexts, managed complex workflows, and balanced long-term strategy with day-to-day execution. I care deeply about clarity, logic, and impact. I’m a meticulous editor, a careful researcher, and a practical planner who enjoys taking abstract ideas and making them concrete.

The throughline in my work has always been the same: translating complexity into something usable — whether that’s a policy argument, a piece of writing, an event, or a public-facing project.