Cynthia-Marie is a editor and writer from New England based in New York City. Her literary work has appeared in America Magazine, Bellevue Literary Review, Killing the Buddha, The Literary Review,  The Los Angeles Review of Books, Narratively, The Rumpus, and Words Without Borders, among other publications. Her essay on faith, imagination, and depression was recognized on the notables list in Best American Essays 2011.    

She brings creativity and precision to developmental, line, and copyediting, as well as content strategy, writing, and research. As a leader, she is known for her enthusiasm for facilitating workshops, her empathy, and her skill at providing actionable feedback that contains wisdom for future projects, not just the one it references.

Cynthia-Marie works with individuals, companies, and organizations to express complex knowledge, ideas, and stories. She is adept at finding the big picture in the details. Her experience spans the university, non-profit, and corporate worlds, where she has held roles ranging from assistant director of a writing center to senior copy editor on a creative team.

Cynthia-Marie received her MFA in Writing from Columbia University. She has a BA, cum laude, from Dartmouth College, where she studied English and Latin American Literature, Creative Writing, and International Relations.

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