Hi, hello!

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

Once upon a time I worked in behavioral economics consulting. Before that I worked at a tech startup. The first person in my family to go to college, I studied art and anthropology before getting a master's degree in social design. My published thesis critiqued the then-budding practice and created a matrix to help separate efforts that empower from efforts that are neocolonial. That’s when I became a writer.

My byline has since appeared 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. Clients include major foundations, universities, brands, and agencies like the Bush Foundation, Yale, REI, and McCann Global Health.

That said, careerism is a capitalist lie. 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.