Hi, I’m Cinnamon!

I’m a freelance journalist and strategic writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota y CDMX quien habla inglés y español.

The first person in my family to go to college, for my master's degree I researched systems-level social change. My thesis—published and cited in peer-reviewed journals, textbooks, and anthologies—critiqued the then-budding practice of social design and developed a tool to separate empowering efforts from neocolonial efforts. That’s when I became a writer, even though I worked in behavioral economics consulting for a while before I pursued writing full-time.

My byline appears in print and online across outlets like The Guardian, The Washington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, Food & Wine, The Nation, National Geographic, and about fifty other places. My clients include major foundations, universities, brands, and agencies like the Bush Foundation, Yale, REI, and McCann Global Health.

I spend as much time as I can surfing, sewing, and tending to the tallgrass prairie that encircles the home I share with my darling husband, goofy collie, and finicky cat.