About

I am a writing instructor for undergraduates at SDSU, teaching them to become skilled and skeptical writers. I am in a Master’s program for Rhetoric and Writing Studies at San Diego State University. As part of that, I am writing a groundbreaking thesis on the rhetorics of resumes at the turn to artificial intelligence. 

I turn job searches into success stories as a professional resume writer and owner of ResumeGuru.com. I am one of 70 Certified Advanced Resume Writers, and am published on resume writing strategies for executives, managers, and healthcare professionals. Thirty years of consulting and business ownership have given me deep knowledge of career advising, small business ownership, personal branding, digital marketing, content strategy, business literature, and storytelling.

Previously, I earned degrees in English and Anthropology from UC Berkeley, including concentrations in Folklore and Native American Literature. 

In addition to my upcoming Comic-Con panel on Star Wars: Andor and the rhetorics of Empire and Rebellion, I can speak to comics for teaching writing, comics in classrooms, interpreting comics, and my own comics specialties (1980s Marvel, DC, and independent comics).

I was world champion of the Tron arcade game for two months in 1982. I once made Mr. T cry. I share a birthday with Batman’s first appearance.