In October of 1989, I began my career in the classified department at the Capital News. I spent 17 years in the accounting department, where I worked my way up to group controller for the Interior with Lower Mainland Publishing and then West Partners Publishing. When Black Press Media purchased the Capital News in 2003, I integrated into the accounting department, working with the president on all the southern divisions. In 2006, I took on the position of publisher at the Vernon Morning Star. After four years there, I made my way back to Kelowna in September 2010 as Group Publisher of the Capital News, West K News, Lake Country Calendar, Salmon Arm Observer, Revelstoke Review, and our specialty publication Okanagan Food & Wine Trails.

I am a reporter for Black Press Media's Kelowna Capital News and West K News. Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree, all while playing on the baseball team for five years. During my studies, I realized that writing about sports every day would be a dream come true, leading me to pursue the journalism program. Between 2017-19, I served as the Media Relations Assistant for the Vancouver Canadians, a Toronto Blue Jays affiliate. Here at Kelowna Capital News and West K News, I mainly cover Kelowna's sports beat, and I strive to be the first to break a story.

I am the senior regional reporter for Black Press Media in the Okanagan. I have been a journalist in the B.C. community newspaper field for 37 years, working in northwest B.C., Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan. I was managing editor of the Kelowna Capital News for 16 years from 2000 to 2016, and prior to that, I worked as an editor for the Burnaby Now, Chilliwack Times, and Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle. I also worked as a reporter for Houston Today, Interior News in Smithers, Sidney Review on Vancouver Island and Abbotsford Times. I currently work out of Kelowna and reside in the Toovey Heights neighbourhood with my family, which includes two kids and far too many animals.

I graduated with a full-time diploma from the broadcast and online journalism program at BCIT in 2022 and have since spent my time in multiple journalism roles across Kelowna.

Before joining Capital News, I started my career as a video journalist at Castanet, before moving to Global Okanagan as a camera operator. I also have experience working for World Curling as a video editor, specializing in delivering quality highlight packages.

I have a passion for storytelling, whether it be by putting pen to paper or by creating a strong visual story through the lens of a camera. I have a good reach across many journalism topics, but have a keen eye for person-of-interest stories, while also taking a liking for sports journalism.