WHO AM I?

Once upon a time, a little boy sat at his desk in Philadelphia. "That's a penny word," his mom said, pushing for something more evocative. "I don't know a better one," he protested, though the reply was as quick as it was insistent: "Yes, you do."

As the years passed, penny words turned into nickel words, which gave way to dime words, until a one-dimensional writing skill began to blossom into something more. Logic classes forced him to think critically, a writing teacher in high school pushed him to read widely and consider opposing viewpoints, and meticulous professors at his Washington, D.C., university knocked off points for careless errors. Little by little, a skill both well-rounded and well-founded began to emerge.

Meanwhile, he pursued a degree in government that featured a trip to Russia. Enamored with the country and language, a paucity of work in the public sector predicated a return to St. Petersburg for three months after graduation. Those three months stretched into a year, and then two, until here we are, six years later, and that little boy is now a professional translator ready to wield language and writing skills honed over years of practice to present you with a product you won't soon forget.

Do your projects need relentlessly constructive criticism that pushes you to bigger and better things? Do you need someone who can create texts that sell, fascinate, and invigorate? Then welcome! Let's get started.