Storyteller, Author, Keynote Speaker, & Teacher

Inspiring and transforming lives through storytelling

Welcome to my website. I wear a lot of hats and this website is a place to bring at least a few of my professional – my storytelling based – hats together.

I am a:

Storyteller – I have been performing stories on stage since 2007

Author – in addition to having poems and shorts stories in magazines, anthologies, and reviews, I am the author of the urban fantasy novel Caged (under pen name JP Robinson) and the soon-to-be-released memoir in stories, Stages: My Life in Stories

Speaker – I have led presentations, workshops and webinars for BAE Systems, The Brookings Institution, George Washington University School of Business, Jack Morton International, and The World Bank, among others

Teacher and Coach – I help people find their stories through one-on-one and small class sessions

I am also the Founding Executive Director of Better Said Than Done, Northern Virginia’s premier storytelling organization with monthly storytelling shows in-person in and around the DMV, and online everywhere. Better Said Than Done also produces the annual Women’s Storytelling Festival.

That’s not all the hats I wear, but it’s probably enough for one website.