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I'm a 27-year-old mom, journalist, wife, geek, nature lover, and science and travel writer. I like animals more than people, except for my five-year-old son. I'm from the Arizona desert, I subsist on Diet Coke for days at a time and I'm a writer by trade, but I like to fancy myself a photographer. I believe I am clever. I believe most people believe themselves to be clever, and I believe most are wrong. I like many things that are outside the norm, and many that are firmly within it. I'm very OK with this. I believe nonconformism is patently cliché. I've middled politically in my old age, which is to say traveled significantly farther left than where I used to hang. My father is probably trying to pierce the veil of the afterlife just to debate the points with me. My husband fills in admirably.

Let's see; at this point I should probably throw out a witty non-sequitur factoid about myself. Here's my best shot: Pope John XXIII began his papacy the year my parents were both born, and died on my birthday.

More to the point: I'm a freelance writer, specializing in travel, nature and science stories. I have a degree in journalism from Arizona State University, but in-depth studies and stories intrigue me more than the fire-off-a-story, get-the-quote-right-now, inverted-pyramid world of newspaper beat journalism. I still rely heavily on journalistic training every day, and I write for The Arizona Republic and The East Valley Tribune when my schedule and their ever-changing editorial structure allows. The journalism training has allowed me great professional and personal growth, and some of my favorite mementos (my first front-page piece, my article that got close to 200 personal responses, my photo of me and Walter Cronkite) are from that world. However, I've recently gone the direction of the longer-form narrative, and I'm now pursuing a Master's in creative nonfiction from Goucher College in Maryland. It's an awesome low-residency program that allows me to stay in Arizona while completing the degree.

Although my interests in writing tend toward science and nature, I've done a fair share of human-interest and travel pieces as well. I've written for Arizona Highways Magazine for some time now, after scoring an invaluable internship there two years ago. I'm currently in the proto-planning stages of a book-length work on couples in which the husband and wife are/were both scientists, and the unique accomplishments and idiosyncrasies inherent to that type of arrangement. I've already gotten to meet some pretty cool people through that, and my biggest challenge will be remembering to be in unbiased-reporter mode rather than starstruck-dork mode when I'm spending time with them. It's tagged "Love in the Lab." I know this sucks. The title will change.

You Are a Smart American

You know a lot about US history, and your opinions are probably well informed. Congratulations on bucking stereotypes. Now go show some foreigners how smart Americans can be.

You Are 48% Nerdy

You may be a bit surprised with this score, but you're more of a closet nerd than an actual nerd. Stop denying your inner nerd! You're truly dorkier than you think.

Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)

Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant. Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.