I am a queer essayist, science communicator, and nature nerd.

Liz looking through a spotting scope on a coastal cliffside

Hire me to write about your science, edit your words, talk to your organization about science communication, or work with you to make your STEM community more inclusive.

 
Liz looking very small next to four massive redwood trees

Storytelling

Storytelling is at the heart of everything I do. I can help you craft stories about your research for anyone from policymakers to your community members to your family.

I am the author of Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together, which reimagines an ecological ethos that is queer, anti-racist, feminist, and woven into every aspect of our lives.

I served as the writer, editor, and social media coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries for five years, and managed TreePeople’s social media presence. My science and creative writing has appeared in Identity Theory, The Rumpus, the Toast, American Wild, Maui Now, SEVENSEAS Magazine, Scuba Diver Life, PANK Magazine, and other publications.

Liz walking among tidepools, with the sun setting over a hill in the distance

SciComm

I can help you become a better science communicator and build strategies to attain your individual or organizational scicomm goals.

I have nearly a decade of experience building science and policy communication strategies for a variety of organizations, including the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee and NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. I can help you determine how best to get your most recent study in the news or how to work with your community on complex conservation issues.

I am also an experienced scicomm trainer and have taught scicomm to everyone from graduate students to experienced PIs. I excel at teaching researchers to communicate their science to non-scientists.

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Community Building

I can help you build and facilitate thoughtful, cohesive communities.

I manage a network of more than 3,000 Arctic researchers, policymakers, and community members, helping them collaborate on cutting-edge critical Arctic science. I’ve built a mentorship program that connects Arctic researchers of all career stages to learn from one another and grow together. And I am a practiced facilitator of online and hybrid meetings, webinars, and more.

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Equity & Inclusion

I can help you make your organization more equitable, inclusive, and thoughtful about how you do the work that you do.

My book, Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together, provides a roadmap for a queer, anti-racist, feminist environmentalism. I am the founder of the Pride in the Ocean campaign, which raises awareness of LGBTQ+ people in ocean conservation, and have presented multiple times at the LGBTQ Outdoor Summit. I co-led the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Diversity & Inclusion Committee. I led the development of the U.S. Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Strategy, and am the author of a white paper on equity and inclusion in Arctic science. I can provide talks on the roles of gender identity/sexuality, whiteness/race, and colonialism in science, and help you build a strategy to make your organization more inclusive.