I’m a content writer and researcher with an emphasis on public services, oceans, and science / fiction.

I live and work on unceded Tongva land, sometimes called Los Angeles.

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Moira

[they / them]

A pile of bull kelp on the California coast. 
Now, I

Research and write for Civilla Practica, a free online learning program helping public-sector professionals grok ethical research and design methods.

Develop content and manage events and grant programs for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Impact and Legacy Fund.

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Write about science and science fiction, oceans, and prison ecology.

Poem
Painting of a cow from Harmony, California.
Introductory paragraph from an essay on multispecies relationships. 
Previously, I

Worked for Brooklyn Public Library to assist with library programming and connect artists, teachers, and librarians with each other. (I’m extra proud of working with Emily Sernaker on her series Your Favorite Poet’s Favorite Poet.)

Got my MA in interdisciplinary studies from NYU, where I focused on science and technology studies, and taught Intro to Anthropology to undergrads.

Conducted archaeological landscape and oral history research with the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project.

Potsherd with ruler for scale.
The Canary, by Moira
An acequia in Northern New Mexico.
Moira and their brother on the beach in Morro Bay, California.