News junkie, public school product & advocate, healthcare nerd, Louisiana native, parent of a disabled kiddo, consummate helper, storyteller at @KelsoComm.

Joined March 2016
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6 Nov 2025
Man, I ain't had that much fun since I worked in a newsroom (back when we used tapes), though clearly my job at @KelsoComm is great, too. Congrats to all my new BFFs courtesy of #YesForMeck. Let's make public transit work for everyone!
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6 Nov 2025
Thanks also to all my media pals who showed up for #Election2025 to help us tell the story: @davemildenberg at @BusinessNC, Hilda and the team at @lanoticia, Amanda at @qcitymetro, @andy_weber_tv @QueenCityNews, @EstephanyNews @SpecNews1CLT
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1 Oct 2024
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The Watauga Democrat has worked for the last 24 hours to assemble a print edition for this week that will be out later tonight. Along with what we print for our subscribers, we have printed thousands of extra copies to deliver to areas where people have not had access to power or
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5 Jul 2024
Reading my @queencitynerve email by @pitkin_ryan (as usual), and was just made aware of Laura Stinson and her @badattitudespod. So excited to binge her podcast for real talk about #Disability and language. (You should too).
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It’s one of the most common complaints about Charlotte: What little history and culture it has gets torn down and replaced by apartment complexes. If you want to see that happen in real time and full color, take a walk around NoDa. charlottemagazine.com/the-no…
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22 Apr 2024
The surest way to ensure a meeting will run way over, is to say, "This shouldn't take long."
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18 Apr 2024
Animals can’t get a copyright for their own selfies? Who knew?!? Getting a lot out of @CayceMyers’s presentation on AI and PR, courtesy of @prsacharlotte.
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9 Mar 2024
Get ready for the Great Grano Garage Sale in Fort Mill, Saturday, Mar. 23, from 8 am to noon. We have unique pre-loved goods at great prices, including fun kitchen gadgets, kids' stuff, special needs goodies and random awesomeness. #garagesale fb.me/e/1dTY2HWcQ
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10 Feb 2024
I just want to give a definitive and clear thank you to all of the tall people in the grocery store who help me reach high things.

ALT Colin Mochrie Whos Awesome GIF

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The future of our state goes to class in a public school.
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2024 is officially “The Year of Public Schools” in North Carolina. The future of our state goes to class in a public school, and we must invest in that future. governor.nc.gov/news/press-r…
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19 Jan 2024
I am really going to miss Governor Cooper. Such a classy and heartfelt person.
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8 Jan 2024
Sending my children to school after two weeks of holiday break, most spent in Covid isolation…

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23 Dec 2023
Amen! Well done, @sarakaymooney!
What makes a school “great?” Earning an A on the antiquated and deeply flawed school performance grading system? Then what makes a school "bad?" And what does that say about the people who make up that school? @sarakaymooney's latest op-ed: qcnerve.com/charlotte-meckle…
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5 Dec 2023
As a healthcare marketer and special needs parent, this @KelsoComm project was personal for me! If you want to know more about the "Understanding Addiction and Developmental Disabilities" video series that won "Best in Show" from @CHPRMS, register and join us.👇
How did we create 2023’s best #healthcaremarketing in the Carolinas? Register to join us and @CHPRMS Friday, Dec. 8, to learn more about the award-winning video series, “Understanding Addiction and Developmental Disabilities.” bit.ly/3GvEWwc
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1 Dec 2023
Happy #NCMedicaid Expansion day! I had the pleasure of attending the kick off this morning with NC Governor Cooper and @ncdhhs Sec. Kinsley. So proud of the work that @CLTLegAdvocacy and @NavigatorNc are doing to help the newly eligible connect to the care they need.
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21 Nov 2023
This has been a busy year, but you know that we....Cant' Stop. Won't Stop....so be sure to attend our last Coffee and Communications event of the year on December 8th! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/chprms-coff…
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a thanksgiving blessing when you don’t feel terribly thankful God, I am struggling to find my way toward gratitude this thanksgiving. Help my heart find joy, for you know how much I need it. come meet us in our needs that weigh so heavily upon us. God have mercy. Christ have mercy. Spirit have mercy. "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?" —Psalm 85:6 God have mercy. Christ have mercy. Spirit have mercy. Blessed are we who come to you just as we are, with our loneliness and loss, our scarcity and sorrow, and say God, there is just not enough though we’re not even supposed to say it today, there is just not enough to go on: not enough money to pay bills, not enough jobs, nor safety for those who have them, not enough wisdom to find solutions, not enough strength or comfort or connection. Things are just harder now. Blessed are we who say, God, could you come meet us here, in this place? This place of need where our feelings don’t match the day? Blessed are we who hear You saying: “come to me, all you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” And we come. And somehow there is rest, and gladness for tiny, tiny graces. Blessed are we, the truly thankful. God have mercy. Christ have mercy. Spirit have mercy. Settle. Place before your mind one gift of God. And say thanks. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." —Matthew 5:3
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28 Oct 2023
This gives new and beautiful meaning to #DisabilityVisibility. Can’t wait to go see it.
A team of artists joined staff with local nonprofit Lions Services at the org’s North Tryon facility on Thursday to unveil a new mural that aims to highlight the work done by Lions, centering the nearly 100 visually impaired employees who work there. Link: qcnerve.com/lions-services-m…
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