Deeply reported arts / science journalism, digital long-form features, art / science review copy, and award-winning multilingual literature crossing the fields of semiotics, epistemologies, biology, and philosophy, among others.

 

Section 1: Science Communication & Journalism

The Biomimicry Institute (AskNature) | Former Program Director & Publisher

  • Executive Leadership: Served as AskNature Program Director & Publisher, establishing the overarching vision, editorial direction, and digital publishing stack for the platform. Directed its complete framework of media sub-programs, transforming biological data into accessible resources for sustainable design innovation.

  • Key Publications:

    • “Building a Future with Our Hands: What 'Home' Means in 2025” – A major flagship blog evaluating tapia pisada, bahareque, and adobe as ancestral biomimetic solutions for modern climate-resilient architecture.

    • “How Does Nature Build a Home?” – The landmark long-form investigative piece and essay collection analyzing biological strategies and cellular design principles of building structures where living and sentient beings reside.

    • “Letting the Fog In: Art, Climate, and the Biomimicry of Emotion” – Introducing original poetry (Rosette) inspired by the biological mechanism Leaves Capture Water From Fog.

Scientific American | Web Producer & Science Writer

  • Operational Footprint: Managed daily news streams, long-form features, digital layouts, monthly and special issues.

  • Key Reporting Examples:

    • "Listen to Images from the James Webb Space Telescope": Investigating how astrophysicists use ALT text to describe visual space data.

    • "Cultural Bias Distorts the Search for Alien Life": Analyzing how Eurocentric paradigms skew structural assumptions regarding astrobiological communication.

America’s Test Kitchen (Proof) | FREELANCE Investigative AUDIO Reporter

  • Operational Footprint: Researched, reported, and scripted audio journalism features exploring environmental and culinary phenomena.

  • Key Reporting Examples:

    • "The Vanishing Ants": Investigating ecosystem disruptions, species behavior shifts, and habitat loss surrounding leaf-cutter ants.

    • “The River That Feeds Us”: Investigating ecosystem disruptions, species behavior shifts, and habitat loss surrounding bocachicos.

American Geophysical Union (Eos Magazine) | FREELANCE Science Reporter

  • Operational Footprint: Authored geological, environmental, and historical science features tracking South American research updates.

  • Key Reporting Examples:

    • "How the Armero Tragedy Changed Volcanology in Colombia": Detailing how the 1985 eruption reshaped communication between field volcanologists and local communities.

    • "Aerial Photographs Uncover Bogotá’s Indigenous Hydraulic System": Detailing pre-Columbian Muisca wetland engineering revealed via aerial surveys.

    • "The Rocky Roads of Colombian Paleontology": Tracking the legal and geographic struggles of local field paleontologists.

Section 2: Arts Writing, Profiles & Cultural Copy

The Creative Independent | ARTS AND Cultural Interviewer

  • Operational Footprint: Conducted deep, philosophy-driven long-form interviews tracing the mental models, creative boundaries, and artistic processes of unique international practitioners.

  • Key Profiles Published:

    • Simón Mejía on reflecting environmental soundscapes within live performance tracking.

    • Carlos Dengler on navigating creative identity shifts and creative liberation.

    • Draco Rosa on tracking resilience and processing personal trauma through musical experimentation.

KQED ARTS | ARTS AND Cultural WRITER and REPORTER

  • Operational Footprint: Conducted deep, culturally-driven long-form interviews and wrote short and long-form pieces and reports of Bay Area artists.

  • Key Profiles Published:

    • Pulitzer-Prize nominee, Ingrid Rojas Contreras on magical realism, surrealism, and Colombian reality in her acclaimed memoir.

    • Mathematician Federico Ardila and designer May-Li Khoe and how their relationship is built on constant artistic play and exploration.

Poets Reading the News | Former Managing Editor

  • Editorial Leadership: Served as Managing Editor (and Associate Poetry Editor) for the Oakland-based publication. Directed assignment schedules, published special newsletters like “En un País Sin Memoria / In a Country Without Memory”, and facilitated collaborative readings linking poetry with news analysis.

Section 3: Creative Writing & Poetry (Proems)

Entombed

  • Linguistic Framework: An experimental prose-poem tracking structural self-deception and the inner narratives we build when navigating identity shifts, utilizing cross-textual imagery from Sikh and Christian traditions.

  • Accolades: An abridged edition was honored with the San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award for Poetry.

Pandæmonium: A Proem in XIX Parts

  • Linguistic Framework: Initiated while under pandemic lock-down in Madrid, this collaborative project blends text layouts with dark digital imagery. It included open prompt windows inviting community co-creation, resulting in a text shaped by 30 distinct contributors across three continents.