I've been writing since the age of 8. My parents got me a typewriter at 9 years old and I began writing small news updates for our house. They weren't that big of a deal to anyone else, but they were huge to me. I never stopped writing stories.

Today, I'm a writer by trade and working on several fiction books. I have written for Medium, The Mighty and Pain News Network. I have focuses on disability rights, patient rights and chronic/intractable pain.

I'm also a newly-discovered Autistic. Finding out that I'm Autistic has opened the universe to me. I spent most of my childhood thinking that there was something wrong with my brain, wondering why I asked so many questions, wondering why I could mimic people in perfect pitch, wondering why I was so sensitive to emotions and stimuli and wondering why I wondered why.

I'm a member of IAPWE as well. My goal is to reach out and not only report on the injustices of the world, but to tell the stories of the people they impact. My own story has been an engine in my work. Seeing the lives of others through the lens of their reality has been phenomenal and humbling.

In my experience, people relate to the lives of others when they can see details through the eyes of those who experienced them. The closer you get to seeing their reality, the more accessible they become. Accessibility is critical for the world. I will forever be trying to bring more of it to the world through my pen.