Health
Health & medical writing has been been a mainstay throughout my career, including feature articles for consumer magazines (primarily Sacramento Magazine) and corporate publications, such as Vision Service Plan's (VSP's) in-house newsletter. My master's degree in counseling has come in handy when writing about mental health issues. I've also won two national writing awards for my health coverage (articles featured below).
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HEALTH, GENERAL
Is Cosmetic Surgery for You? First-place winner, 2006 national journalism awards, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery https://www.sacmag.com/health/is-cosmetic-surgery-for-you/ Energy Drinks: Buyer Beware https://www.sacmag.com/health/energy-drinks-buyer-beware/ Sleep Apnea: To Sleep, Perchance to Breathe https://www.sacmag.com/health/health-to-sleep-perchance-to-breathe/ You’ve Got a Cold: Now What? https://www.sacmag.com/casinos/so-youve-got-a-cold-now-what/ Sugar: Sweet Misery https://www.sacmag.com/health/health-sweet-misery/ PSYCHOLOGY/MENTAL HEALTH When Grief Gets Complicated Winner, Writer's Digest Writing Competition, 2014 When Grief Gets Complicated - Sacramento magazine 7 Things to Know About Sad (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Sacramento Magazine, January 2021 https://www.sacmag.com/health/7-things-to-know-about-sad/ Social Media and Your Sanity (Sacramento Magazine) https://www.sacmag.com/magazine/social-media-and-your-sanity/ Teen Depression (Sacramento Magazine) https://www.sacmag.com/health/health-teen-depression/ Anxiety: Who, Me? Worry? (Sacramento Magazine) https://www.sacmag.com/health/who-me-worry/ |
This article for Sacramento magazine chronicles my struggle with complicated grief in the aftermath of my mother's death. It won a Writer's Digest writing award in 2014.
When Grief Gets Complicated - Sacramento magazine 
A cautionary guide to cosmetic surgery, this story for Sacramento magazine won a first-place magazine feature writing award in 2006 from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
www.sacmag.com/health/is-cosmetic-surgery-for-you/ |