I'm an editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 8 years of experience (predominantly developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading for news and academic outlets). I have extensive familiarity editing high-stakes medical content and am comfortable with all of the life sciences and environmental subjects. I am practiced in AP, MLA, AMA, and CMS and have also followed multiple in-house style guides. My educational background is in journalism, English, biology, and library and information science. In my free time, I manage the library at a local history museum, provide volunteer editing services for an online encyclopedia, and perform curatorial tasks at the California Academy of Sciences. Thank you for trusting me with your work. Together, we will troubleshoot and perfect your content, ensuring that the end product fits both your vision and your readers’ expectations.

10% discount with WordCaptain - use Coupon Code WordCaptain upon checkout. I have roughly one year of freelance editing experience under my belt. In addition to being an editor, I am also a doctoral candidate at Harvard University. I am a firm believer in the importance of ideas and am committed to helping my clients produce first-rate work. I have edited a variety of document types, including theses, dissertations, academic articles, and term papers. I have special expertise in the crafting of personal statements.   Many of my clients have been non-native English speakers, and I am comfortable helping ESL writers. I recently wrote a textbook about academic writing for ESL students. 

10% discount with AccurateEditing - use Coupon Code AccurateEditing upon checkout. As a freelance editor, I have honed and polished the works of a variety of individuals and businesses, from USA Today Best-Selling Authors to highly successful independent authors. Whether you are a global corporation or a small business blogger, you will receive the same attention to detail throughout the editing process.  I have experience editing marketing materials, fiction and nonfiction eBooks, blog articles, search engine optimization articles and much more. I possess an intuitive instinct for what works and what doesn't. I am experienced in editing using many different tones, and one of my main objectives is to edit while preserving your unique voice. Here is what you can expect when you select me as your editor: I will edit for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, abbreviations, acronyms, capitalization, hyphenation, quotations and italicization. I will ensure your text is easy to follow, accurate, free of errors, free of repetition and adheres to the use of The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition. I will edit for sentence flow, word choice, readability, author voice, passive writing, forward movement and discrepancies. Finally, I will proofread as a final check for errors to ensure a flawless product. PLEASE, NO ACADEMIC PAPERS.About me: As the editor for many articles, eBooks, and novels, I understand the importance of confidentiality, careful attention to detail and high-quality workmanship. I am a meticulous editor passionate about my work, always professional and extremely dependable. Working with me means that you will end up with an error-free document, carefully checked for the concerns that you have. Client satisfaction is critical.

My love for reading and writing helped me strive toward becoming an editor. With eight years of experience (including proofreading a published textbook and copy editing several hundred journal articles), I especially enjoy fiction and memoir manuscripts; however, I also edit academic (MLA and APA) documents, business documents, and much more! My goal is to boost your confidence through quality yet friendly edits, and ensure your writing is clear and concise without removing your voice.