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I am a writer for Pleaser Magazine, an independent, women-run online and print music magazine. At Pleaser, I interview musicians, review albums and discuss up-and-coming artists. I also freelance for Radio Free Brooklyn, a non-profit radio station in Williamsburg. At RFB, I attend local events, connect with community members and highlight musicians who play in New York City. Before that, I worked as a reporter for MandateWire, a subsidiary of the Financial Times. Our work covered investment trends across pension funds, endowments and foundations. Click the three lines in the top right corner to see my full portfolio. 

Featured Articles

Explore a featured selection of my writing below. See more articles about music, finance, and community members and events. 

Radio Free Brooklyn •

Summer Sounds Celebrates Community and Soul

Manhattan is known for its pace: city-goers are in constant motion to get from point A to point B as fast as possible. Keeping up with the locals on a major thoroughfare like 5th Avenue requires bobbing and weaving, ignoring the red hand and crossing if a car isn’t immediately a threat, and stepping off to the side if you need to check a text. With so much commotion, taking space for yourself and enjoying the outdoors is easily forgotten. Unless I’m intentionally planning a trip to the park, I r...
Pleaser Magazine •

Grace Gardner’s Back in New York City, But This Time In Brooklyn

The alternative music scene necessitates watching artists perform more than once. The venues these artists frequent are often passed off from one night to the next, so many musicians share stages with their peers, and sometimes back-to-back. Saturday, May 31, was my second time watching Grace Gardner perform. This time I saw them at the Sultan Room, the night after I watched Jillian Dawn sing on Sultan’s rooftop.The Sultan specializes in creating a warm, close-knit community for its shows. The s...
Pleaser Magazine •

It’s a Jillian Dawn Summer

In an interview with Pleaser before the show, Dawn said she’s already released three singles so far in 2025: “Almost Like” in March, “Like My Friends Do,” in April and “The Bullet” in May. Before its release, I had the opportunity to listen to "Like My Friends Do" during Dawn's December Baby's All Right show in Brooklyn. When performed at Baby’s, Dawn played an acoustic version of the track, highlighting its introspective and vulnerable nature. The lyrics discuss the ease in which friends cut of...
Pleaser Magazine •

Glenna Jane Was Born To Be A Singer, She Just Didn’t Realize It

When you have a passion, nothing can stop you from chasing your dreams. Your relentlessness is driven by your desire to make it in an industry that sometimes seems to be against you. Your failures are nothing if not fuel, driving you to work harder, think bigger and do anything and everything to show them who you really are. In my life, that would be my pursuit of journalism. I’ve fallen down about 100 times, but I’ve stood up again 101. For Glenna Jane, music is her passion, and she continues t...