Bio

Schuette: Pronounced SHOOT-tee

Hi there. I’m an award-winning author, creative and technical writer, editor, illustrator, cartoonist, and resume consultant with past lives in politics, international development, nonprofit management, and the lingerie industry. I’m also a reporter who’s written for National Public Radio, Al Jazeera America, and numerous other media outlets. In 2015, PBS’s NOVA recognized a feature of mine for NPR as one of its top 10 stories in science education that year.

Fun facts about me: I’ve met three presidents (including the one in the photo), written and published three fiction novels, and lived and worked for a year in Uganda as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. While in Uganda, I freelanced as a reporter, bounced around several countries, and got malaria a few times (wouldn’t recommend it). I’ve started a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization and fair-trade lingerie company, both of which operated in sub-Saharan Africa.

I’m realizing a few life goals by writing an original fantasy fiction series and drawing cartoons professionally. I lived and worked in Washington, D.C., for several years, and hold a master’s in journalism and public affairs from American University.

Life is short, so make sure you spend it doing something you love. Bonus points if it improves our species. For my part, I’d like to plant a few hundred trees in my lifetime.