In 2007, everything changed.

After nearly a decade of producing breaking news, I landed a hardcover book deal with Dutton at Penguin Publishing Group. My memoir, The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life in Tarot (based on a one-woman show I wrote, produced, and performed at the 9th Annual New York International Fringe Festival) launched my career as a writing coach.

From 2008 to 2013, I taught memoir, creative writing, and humor writing through various continuing education programs such as Mediabistro, Gotham Writers' Workshop, UCLA Extension Writers' Program, The Open Center, and New York Writers Workshop. I loved helping adults shift their narrative from victim to active protagonist. This work developed into a thriving private practice, where I helped clients develop book proposals and manuscripts that landed them top agents and sold to prominent publishers.

Simultaneously, I ran a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) group called “Sister Circle” for Bank Street College of Education’s Liberty LEADS program, designed to empower underrepresented youth by helping them attain higher education and embrace leadership in their communities. Teaching girls to advocate for themselves and better their relationships with their families, teachers, and peers proved to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Then I became a mother in 2013.

I desperately needed an emotional break from the often heavy subjects of memoir writing, so I began helping teenagers navigate the college application process. Over the last decade, I’ve helped a diverse range of students get into top schools such as Duke, MIT, Harvard, The University of Michigan, Princeton, Georgetown, and The University of Pennsylvania.

In 2020, I founded BUILD UP BOYS, a non-profit organization that supports the emotional well-being of boys and their caregivers, specifically through evidence-based programming that equips boys with the necessary skills to retain their innate emotional intelligence.