Welcome

My fundamental goal is to make globalization work for people. It is an unstoppable and potent force that can be a cause for great good or an unanticipated phenomenon that disrupts our way of being. See more on globalization...

I believe that as we face complex problems in the world today, we need to reach beyond what we have previously known to find new solutions. The more informed people are about problems, the more apt and able they are to solve them.

Create: Today we have tools to create new solutions to long-lasting problems. Practical, clear-eyed thinking leads to solutions.

Communicate: I believe the starting point for tackling a problem is to begin with a clear understanding about its cause.

Collaborate: It is my intention to work with people near and far to develop strategies for meeting today's greatest challenges.

My Background

My insatiable curiosity and quest for knowledge brought me to Washington, D.C. in 1998. Like many Washingtonians, I started my career as an intern. While the program included typical intern duties such as photocopying papers and preparing mailings, it also provided an education in a broad range of public policies.

The internship soon turned into a job in think tank’s busy public affairs department. The work was as rewarding as it was exhaustive. My colleagues and I worked tirelessly promoting the think tank’s many events, publications and scholars. I became a jack-of-all-topics while liaising between the scholars and the media. I also learned valuable lessons about effective communication.

Journalism career: In late 2000, I accepted an opportunity to cover Congress for a national trade publication. As I worked my way up from the position of a junior tax reporter to a senior Capitol Hill reporter, I covered the 2001, 2002 and 2003 tax cuts and witnessed countless public policy debates.

The job exposed me to numerous events, and I appreciated each one. I had a front-row seat to Congress’s fascinating investigation into money laundering, bank secrecy and terrorist financing following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. I also gained an understanding of how the nation's energy policies have developed and how the Sarbanes-Oxley financial reforms came into being.

I eventually started writing for other publications. As an education reporter, I created a global competitiveness beat, which tracked the growing concern by policymakers, educational stakeholders and business leaders that U.S. graduates are not equipped to compete against their foreign peers. I also examined national educational reforms, the economic impact of school programs, and congressional investments in science. The rewards of covering an issue so relevant to the global economy were immense.

New direction: When I started pursuing a Masters degree in international commerce at George Mason University in 2008, I worked as a contract-based editor and writer. Assignments have included producing segments for the McLaughlin Group, editing research papers and book chapters for nonprofit organizations, and editing proposals for government contracts. All assignments are rewarding in that they enable me to learn something new.

My interest in journalism has never waned. After visiting China in 2009, I began developing a web site about the impact globalization has on the Chinese culture and economy. I am also working on a project examining the evolving role education plays in preparing students for a new technology-driven economy.