She previously served as the managing editor of the Guardian US and then of HuffPost, where she led the development of new audience engagement, storytelling and revenue models, including membership. She also worked as a digital media consultant while she was the vice president of journalism and information equity for DoGoodery, a sustainability consultancy, and has conducted journalism research on building healthy news communities, solutions journalism, news habits and gaps.
She is an adviser for Bay City News Foundation, The Diversity Pledge Institute and The Pivot Fund, and a subject matter expert for A Picture’s Worth. She is a member of the Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS), where she served as board president from 2021-2023, the Economic Club of Chicago (ECC), where she serves on the Questions Committee, the Online News Association (ONA), the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
She has a master’s degree in journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) and an associate’s degree from Cerritos College.