Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Found the source, gained her trust, pitched and reported this story for FLARE.com. Was retweeted by Kelly Oxford on Twitter. Zoe was sexually assaulted the first time she went to a nightclub, but she didn’t realize it until nearly a decade later. (We’ve changed her name at her request.) Now in her mid 20s, Zoe […]
Published online for Father’s Day at FLARE.com and in print for FLARE‘s September issue. Last year, my family of three boarded the plane to India, but only two of us needed tickets. My dad’s blue backpack contained our passports, an unlocked cell phone, and my mother’s ashes. My mum never really talked about the possibility of her […]
The cover story for Mediaplanet’s 2014 Living with Cancer campaign. It was available online and in print in the Toronto Star. Appeared online and in print June 21, 2014. Cancer has been a part of Annie Parker’s life for as long as she can remember. “My cancer journey started when I was actually in my mother’s womb because […]
Appeared online and in print for the March 2014 issue of Reader’s Digest Canada The pale walls of Abha Gupta’s office in Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are bare, except for the corkboard hanging by her desk. The shiny metal frame holds what the 40-year-old oncologist considers a window into her practice. She never intended […]
Appeared online for ANOKHI Media, Jan. 27, 2014 “1, 2, 3…Smile!” In the past, these instructions were usually said to a posed cluster of people but last year, social-media lovers increasingly turned the camera around. Armed with smartphones, and at times, a well-practiced duck face, “selfies” became a social media staple in 2013. With platforms like […]
Appeared on ANOKHI Media, Oct. 9, 2013 When it comes to starting a new business, entrepreneur Nisha Amin is proving that sometimes thinking big means baking small. Located in downtown Toronto, Amin’s Bite Bar marries the concept of bite-sized dessert and festive cocktails – and so far, it’s a marriage that works. “We’re all about […]
Appeared online and in print for the Globe and Mail, Oct. 22, 2012 High-school students face big life choices on their way to the coveted cap and gown ceremony, but even after the diplomas are doled out and the hats are thrown, graduates still have major decisions to make. Aside from selecting where they go to […]
This story was a first-person editorial about bullying that was later republished by Maclean’s On Campus and Slate. Appeared online and in print for the Ryersonian, Sept. 26, 2012 When I think back to Grade 7, most things are a haze. I had just started at a new school and I was well into my awkward […]
Appeared online and in print for the Globe and Mail, May 20, 2012 When comedic actor Paul O’Sullivan took to the stage his colleagues would frequently try and get him to sing – not only because he had a good voice, but because he could sing a risqué love song, make it gut-wrenchingly hilarious, and get […]
