Hey, I’m Susan, multi-passionate visual storyteller, award winning photographer, and nomad-at-heart who loves Chicago as my home base. With over two decades experience in the nonprofit sector managing data and communicating for impact, I bring my passions and skills together to provide an array of business and creative services for organizations and individuals.
For foundations and nonprofits, I develop content calendars; source, organize, and create visuals; and write and publish blog posts, newsletters, and social media content. While I manage your external communications channels, you can focus on your mission.
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For grantmakers using GivingData, I demystify the database and related processes, in order to get everyone at your foundation on the same page, so you can focus on best supporting partners and grantees do their work.
Looking for a unique gift or home decor? Shop my photography store for framed art, blankets and pillows, and other photo gifts.
We all have a digital camera in our pocket at nearly all times now, making it easy to take lots of photos, only some of which are really good and worth sharing. Want to take better (& fewer) photos? Join me for an upcoming photo walk.
A life-long Chicagoan, I love sharing my city with locals and visitors. My interests are focused on art, architecture, Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, and social justice history.
I lead 90-minute art & architecture walking tours in downtown Chicago, which double as cell phone camera workshops - Join me for an upcoming photo walk.
I offer a selection of self-guided half-day or full-day Chicago tours that include place descriptions and a Google map - Purchase self-guided tours.
Want to level up with a custom tour? Contact me at least two weeks before your visit, and we'll see what we can do!
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I freelance write and photograph for local, national, and international media, focused on:
sustainability and philanthropy in travel
the outdoors and water activities
food and culture
arts and architecture
Chicago, through the lens of the above topics