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I am a writer and scholar based in New York City, an associate professor in the Dept of Social and Critical Inquiry at the University of Connecticut, and a 2024 National Fellow with New America. I’m represented by Tanya McKinnon at McKinnon Literary.

My writing and academic work investigates how ableism structures all of our lives, and especially how it seeps into the most intimate spaces of our lives—like how we feel about who we are, our sense of self worth, and our relationships. And while we all need care, we mostly don't want to talk about it. That’s exactly why I relentlessly uncover the experiences and expertise of family caregivers, disabled people, and their communities, all to normalize it. Because when we understand the larger context of ableism and connect it to our lives, we learn to push back against it and create a society built on a cultural commitment to—and public infrastructure of— care. 

My work on cochlear implants has been noted in The New York Times, and my writing on the care crisis featured in The American Prospect, The Conversation, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. I am also a nationally certified American Sign Language Interpreter.