Jan 2022 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · New York, NY

• Co-author of Ronda Rousey's memoir, "Our Fight," published by Grand Central Publishing (U.S) and Penguin/Century (U.K.) USA Today Best Seller.
• "Our Fight" is the follow-up to 2015's "My Fight/Your Fight," a N.Y. Times bestseller and Cross Sports Book of the Year.
• Film rights acquired by Netflix.

Jul 2020 – Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Designed and taught nonfiction writing class "Moments into Memoir” (twice per year) at one of the nation’s leading independent literary centers.

Mar 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Venice, California

• Co-Author of the best-selling "My Fight/Your Fight"​ with Ronda Rousey, published by Regan Arts.
• Among its many accolades, "My Fight/Your Fight"​ appeared on The New York Times best seller list, the Barnes and Noble best seller list, the Toronto Star best seller list, The Sunday Times (U.K.) best seller list, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year long list, was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee and was featured on the Today Show as a "summer reading pick."​ Named "Best Sports Book of 2016" and “Best International Autobiography" at Cross Sports Book Awards.
• "My Fight/Your Fight"​ has been published in nine languages. International publication markets include the U.K. (Century), Brazil (Portugese: Minha Luta Sua Luta, Abajour Books), Latin America (Spanish: Mi Lucha/Tu Lucha, Del Nuevo Extremo - Grupo Editorial), France (French: Pourquoi je me bats, Arenes), Germany (German: Zur Kämpferin geboren: Mein Weg an die Spitze der Mixed Martial Arts, Riva Verlag), China (Jiangxi People's Publishing House) and Korea (YoungJin - Imprima Korea Agency).
• The movie rights to "My Fight/Your Fight" were acquired by Paramount Pictures.

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 3 mos · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Board leader and founding team member of video game company working to improve learning outcomes and representation of marginalized communities through learning games.
• Served as CEO until April 2024, leading company day-to-day, bringing to market 30+ games and developing a platform that streamlines production of learning games and apps.
• Built and scaled serious game studio.
• Combining educational research, game design and artificial intelligence to build platform for developing customized games that teach, through culturally relevant context.
• Brought in $2.3M+ in non-dilutive R&D grant funding from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, Start-Up Chile and National Science Foundation.
• Launched Growing Math project, $1M USDA-funded initiative, enabling us to rapidly deploy across six states in 2020.
• Led business development and strategic partnerships.
• Expanded to customized co-branded or white-label educational game-based applications with tribes, publishers and non-profits.
• Launched 7 Gen Blocks, a low-code/no-code educational game development platform optimized for instruction & assessment.
• Managed 7 Generation Games creative and design teams.
• Under my leadership, company was a finalist for NSF-Gates Foundation’s VITAL Prize challenge (2024), highlighted as part of The Guardian’s New Business School (2024), featured in Google’s international #WeArePlay campaign (2023), selected for Center for Economic Inclusion’s Project Vanguard (2023), funded by NewSchools Venture Fund under its Learning Solutions portfolio (2022), graduated from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program (2022), invited into Google's Start on Android accelerator (2021), won Minne Inno's Blazer Award as Minnesota's top edtech company (2021), chosen for Chilean government-backed "Start-Up Chile" accelerator (2018) and recognized as a "Top 50 Apps for Kids" by Educents (2017).
• Invited speaker at 2016 White House's "United State of Women" Summit.

Sep 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Boston, Massachusetts

• Designed and taught undergraduate courses “Interactive News” and “Foundations of Journalism.”

Sep 2010 – Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Medford, Massachusetts

• Designed and taught undergraduate course "Sports Journalism in the Internet Age" through the university's Experimental College in Fall 2010, Fall 2012.

Aug 2006 – Mar 2013 · 6 yrs 7 mos

• Social Media Columnist
• March 2011 – March 2013
• Was ESPN.com's first columnist dedicated to the intersection of social media and sport.
• Page 2 Contributor
• November 2009 – February 2012
• Wrote about the intersection of sports and pop culture.
• Soccer Writer
• August 2006 – May 2010
• Beat writer for men's college soccer and contributed additional soccer features for ESPNSoccernet.

Aug 2006 – Feb 2013 · 6 yrs 6 mos

• Award-winning journalist recognized for in-depth narrative and innovative approaches to storytelling in the digital age.
• Wrote/produced freelance multimedia content – Web, print and television – for regional, national and international news organizations. Areas of expertise include coverage on diversity issues, education, sports and technology.
• Outlets included: The Associated Press, Fox Latino, NCAA, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Vice, College Soccer News, Quill Magazine, Red Line Editorial and more.

Jan 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos · Fort Wayne, Indiana

• Newspaper sports reporter for “The News-Sentinel,” covering daily sports from prep to pro levels.
• General Assignment Sports Writer November 2005-December 2006
• Major beats included Indiana Pacers and Purdue football. Additionally served as backup NFL writer. Also covered Division I men’s basketball and minor league baseball.
• Co-conceived and executed bilingual series of columns during the 2006 World Cup. Project received national attention and recognition.
• Appointed to the “2010 Initiative” team, a board comprised of executives, editorial and business-side staff tasked with mapping out a five-year plan for the newspaper to compete in a changing marketplace.
• Covered non-sports stories, especially those relating to the Spanish-speaking community, to assist with major breaking news.
• Appeared on local broadcast media (primarily radio) to supplement and promote newspaper coverage. Served as weekly contributor to Comcast High School Football Game of the Week Halftime Show.
• Prep Sports Reporter January 2005-October 2005
• Beat writer responsible for providing daily high school sports coverage for a region that included 26 secondary schools.
• Covered non-sports stories, especially those relating to the Spanish-speaking community.

Jun 2004 – Nov 2004 · 5 mos · New York, New York

• Wrote integrated sponsored content that ran in the nation’s leading sports magazine and online as part of SI’s custom publishing unit. Although the term wasn't in use at the time, basically we did native ads before they were the thing everyone was trying to do. Also served as a researcher, fact checker, reporter and copy editor for departmental projects.
• Additionally worked as Editorial Projects Department Intern from September 2003 - December 2003.