I’ve always been a writer and an artist, but my subjects keep changing. My first non-fiction book, Why We Need to Be Wild, came out from Sourcebooks in hardback in August 2023 and in paperback in 2024. It’s about my journey to learn from people who reject the comforts and convenience of civilization to live in nature using pre-historic tools and skills. Weaving tales of my own Paleolithic adventures with the latest scientific knowledge about human pre-history, I explore what motivates rewilders to adopt an extreme lifestyle, why they believe wild skills are an urgent priority during digital transformation and climate change, and how we can all benefit from the wisdom of early humans. Writing this book completely changed my life, and I hope reading it might spark your own wild transformation.

My reporting on health, culture, and education has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, KQED, Christian Science Monitor, ARTNews, YOGA Magazine, NBC News online, and other publications. I also ghost-write, co-write, and edit books. Wikipedia took note.

Over two decades in journalism, my most notable articles covered Tunisia’s post-revolutionary arts scene, emerging mindful tech designers at Stanford, and a racial controversy in collegiate debate competitions for Atlantic.com, in an article that ended up going viral (and inspired an episode of Radiolab). My San Francisco Chronicle investigation into Medi-Cal exposed its unjust genetic testing policy. One year later the California Senate took up the matter. I’ve shed light on many hidden environmental hazards and chronicled the underside of sustainable food (Yes, I dumpster dive!). I’ve also published graphic memoir essays about motherhood in Motherwell Magazine, Hip Mama and Mutha Magazine. Literary Mama published an interview with me about my creative work in 2017. I’ve also been covered in many other outlets.