Selected work across strategy, writing, and civic insight
This portfolio highlights representative work across writing, strategy, and systems communication. These pieces reflect an interdisciplinary approach rooted in care, clarity, and critical thought—spanning sectors, styles, and scales.
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Strategy & Systems
Strategic reports, public-facing tools, and thought leadership for change
HUD Annual Report 2022/23
Editorial & Delivery Lead | NZ Ministry of Housing and Urban Development | 2023
Led the Ministry’s first fully in-house annual report. Crafted a clear, Treaty-aligned narrative showcasing Ministerial and system-level progress in housing and urban development.
Coordinated 30+ contributors and aligned messaging across teams. Co-developed a repeatable process, timeline, and strategic partnerships to support future reporting cycles.
The report was praised for its integrity, accessibility, and strategic clarity.
→ Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga 2022/23 Annual Report — PDF
→ View on Ministry website
GLS Virtual Open House Presentation
Narrative Designer | SFU Graduate Liberal Studies | 2021
Commissioned to design a narrative-led presentation for SFU’s first virtual open house during the COVID-19 shift. Crafted a visual story that reflected the GLS program’s ethos and structure — bridging intellectual depth with accessibility. Used to support online engagement and recruitment for prospective adult learners.
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Society & Public Ethics
Essays on civic accountability, leadership, and place
Loafers Lodge: Public Sector Accountability in the Wake of a Disaster
Long-form analysis of systemic failure in the wake of a deadly boarding house fire. An examination of government oversight, institutional ethics, and the duty of care toward society’s vulnerable.
Things (Continue to) Fall Apart
Multimedia essay on community displacement amid urban redevelopment. A critique of gentrification, profit-driven planning, and the persistence of colonial logics in the modern city.
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Culture & Critical Inquiry
Writing on culture, meaning-making, and transformation
Britpop to Brexit: Popular Music and the Neoliberal Project in the UK
Winner of the Michael Fellman Graduate Prize (Simon Fraser University) for best essay or thesis
Prize-winning essay tracing Britpop’s rise as working-class resistance in 1990s Britain, its co-option by New Labour, and how cultural expressions foreshadowed the political resentments that culminated in Brexit.
Medea: Slayer of Social Oppression and Patriarchy
A gender-lens analysis of Euripides’ Medea as a mythic critique of exclusion, anger, and agency.
Literary analysis of Euripides’ tragedy as a critique of patriarchy and social exclusion. Examines Medea’s defiance as both victim and agent of resistance against systemic oppression.
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