Midwest born.
Northwest bred.
SoCal based.
Which means I’m wholesome with a hint of hippie.

I've been spinning yarns and starting businesses since I was a tiny tot.

At 4, I narrated family road trips into a cassette player.

At 7, I penned my first short story, Nancy the Nanny Goat.

At 8, I set up a record stand in front of our house and sold Cheap Trick 45s to the neighbors.

At 12, I became the youngest person to place in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. My story and photo made the front page of the local paper and I’ve been writing ever since.

My passion for words evolved into a career in corporate storytelling and communications, features journalism, essay writing, scriptwriting, and speechwriting. I spent 10 years in corporate communications at Microsoft, where I hosted the company’s Modern Communications series; was one of three employees (out of 180,000) hand-selected to regularly moderate the monthly Employee Town Hall with Chairman & CEO Satya Nadella and the senior leadership team; and co-hosted and produced the podcast, Managers 1:1, a storytelling series with Microsoft leaders about their journey managing people.

In 2005, I founded NICO, a boutique firm specializing in marketing communications for Fortune 100 companies including Disney, Kraft, Pfizer, Microsoft, and American Express.

In 2021, I opened Tulla Productions to help brands and notable people connect with their audiences through stories.

In 2022, I launched the podcast Here For Me to talk about how life teaches us to choose ourselves.

Born in Milwaukee and raised in Seattle, with five-year chapters of adult life in New York, Montreal, and San Diego, I now live in Los Angeles, where the sun, beach, and palm trees make me the happiest clam.