• the moth, May 2024 Story Slam winner

Winning storyteller of the night. Told a 5-minute story (without notes) during a live event in Brooklyn. The evening’s host and co-author of How to Tell a Story, Kate Tellers remarked:

“One of the reasons I love storytelling is that it gives us a moment to mark and underscore those moments in our lives that we never want to forget and to bring people into our lives whom we never want to forget and introduce them to hundreds of people at once.

In our darkest stories there is always levity so I thank you for being able to weave that in too. That was really brilliant.”

• REsolve.org advocacy day 2019 to 2024

  I support the national fertility associations’ efforts by directly engaging with policymakers in Congress and the Senate, I share my traumatic personal experiences with fertility treatments to galvanize political momentum for vital new legislation. I speak from the heart so my story resonates on a human level and compels action.

• parent child security act speaker 2020

  I invited to Albany to share my story of loss and surrogacy before New York State legislators, alongside renowned figures including Andy Cohen, Reshma Saujani and Michelle Buteaux. My testimony about the profound hardship my husband and I endured helped galvanize support for legalizing commercial surrogacy in New York.

• Corporate speaking engagements

  • Fertilust. Why Honoring Loss is Healthy. Panelist, 2020.

  • Uncommon Goods. Women’s Day Panel Discussion. Panelist, 2020.

  • Circle Surrogacy. Family Building Through Surrogacy and IVF. Panelist, 2020.

  • Art Expo, New York. Getty Images: The Art and The Business. Speaker, 2018.

  • Duke University. Entertainment, Media & Arts Conference. Seminar leader, 2014

  • International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago Innovation Insights. Speaker, 2014.

  • LIMA Licensing Expo. Las Vegas. Case Studies in Brand Licensing. Panelist, 2012.

  • FUSE Design and Branding Conference. Chicago. Speaker, 2011.