A Bit About Me
I am a creative leader, writer, and founder exploring food as a way to learn about each other and our place in the world.
My work brings together food, travel, and storytelling to explore these ideas through lived experience—through markets, meals, and conversations, as well as through my own observations and questions. It explores how food reflects history, shapes identity, and deepens our understanding of culture and connection, moving from our own dinner tables to the diverse rituals and traditions of communities around the world.
I am interested in the questions that food inspires: where it comes from, how it evolves, and what it reveals about the communities and systems that shape it. Through writing, interviews, and immersive experiences, I approach these questions with curiosity, context, humility, and a deep respect for local knowledge.
Areas I’ll Explore
Food and
Culture
Local
Voices
Food
Travel
Everyday Systems
at Home
Recipes Worth Making
I am the founder of Solid Starts, the award-winning app used by millions of parents for how to introduce real food to babies. What began as a personal need became an evidence-based platform that has reached more than 20 million people in every country in the world. This work showed me that food is about so much more than just nourishment. It is one of the first ways families welcome their children to culture and community. Through food, we share stories, pass down traditions, and create opportunities to learn about lives and customs beyond our own.
Earlier in my career, I worked across public service, food systems, and global development, with roles at One Acre Fund, Slow Food USA, and the City of New York. These experiences informed my understanding of food as the fabric of a larger cloth that holds us all together—weaving together nearly every issue that matters in policy, access, and the environment.
The more we understand about food—where it comes from, what it represents, and how it connects us—the more thoughtfully we can engage with each other and the world around us.
Today, my work builds directly on that foundation, expanding the lens from how we feed our children to how we engage with food throughout our lives. At its core, my work is driven by the simple belief that the more we understand about food—where it comes from, what it represents, and how it connects us—the more thoughtfully we can engage with each other and the world around us.