Hi, I’m Rae.

I’m a nerd.

I make things that are fun, weird, and easy to understsand.

By weekday, I’m a UX writer.

For the uninitiated - we’re the creative minds behind the words in your apps. The next time you see a “done” button, know that some UX writer somewhere probably had multiple meetings to explain to stakeholders why that button should say “done” instead of “finish” or “next” or “complete & yeet”.

By weekend, I’m an ‘irreverent edutainment producer’.

This is a completely made up term that means I produce a weird, drunken, shitposty lecture series called Nerd Nite DC and other fun, comedic semi-educational projects primarily aimed at a drunk, nerdy audience.

By night, I’m tired and in my thirties.

But I still sometimes get up to fun and ridiculous things, like Showburger, my sketch comedy group.

Here’s what I do

  • I’m the conversation designer and User Experience team lead for a pretty cool financial institution’s chatbot project.

    Interested in becoming a UX writer?
    I offer free mentorship.

  • I love learning and sharing knowledge, but I’ve never been much for stuffy lecture halls.

    I produce the kind of education-adjacent content that appeals to comedy crowds and terminally-online nerds.

    You could say I’m kinda Bill Nye The Shitpost Guy.

    Ongoing projects:

    Nerd Nite DC
    A monthly irreverent lecture series that takes place at DC9 Nightclub before 200 tipsy nerds.

    We’ve done sponsored shows with the Smithsonian, Nat Geo, Atlas Obscura, and more.

    Solve for X
    A very silly variety show where comedians, puppeteers, storytellers, and other artists explore their interpretations of science.

    The show’s an annual tradition at Dragon Con (Atlanta’s giant nerd convention) and frequently appears at the Atlanta Science Festival, but it’s toured up and down the east coast.

  • Need communication help? I’m your nerd!

    I’m always down to help, whether that means coaching you on your upcoming Keynote or brainstorming a quirky marketing campaign for your interstellar research conference.

    I also teach communication and storytelling workshops for students and professionals!

  • I work as a performer, producer, writer, and comic around the DC area.

    Showburger, my sketch comedy group, performs regularly and runs a monthly pay-what-you-want comedy workshop.

Upcoming events

  • Solve for X Show @ Dragon Con

    Host & Producer

    9.3 10:00-11:00PM
    Hilton Grand Ballroom East
    Atlanta, GA

    Dragon Con’s favorite science-themed variety show is back, featuring Effin Bird’s Aaron Reynolds, novelists Drew Hayes (Fred the Vampire Accountant, Super Powereds) and Alex White (Aliens, Star Trek), plus Paleontologist Trevor Valle and forensic entomologist and sideshow performer Brandon Strauss.

    Pass to Dragon Con is required to attend.

    FB Event

  • Nerd Nite DC

    Host, Producer, & Speaker

    9.16 6:30-8:30PM
    DC9 Nightclub
    Washington, DC

    The irreverent, tipsy lectures in store for this show:

    Artificial Gravity and Faster-Than-Light Travel: Spacetime in Sci-Fi by Erin Macdonald (PhD, Astrophysics and Star Trek Science Advisor).

    The Glomar Explorer: What we can confirm and deny about "vast government conspiracies" from Project Azorian by deep-sea ecologist and conservation technologist (read: Oceanic Iron Man) Andrew Thaler

    Special Birthday Presentation by ME!
    (It’s my birthday show!)

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  • Freeballers' Queer Cabaret

    10.7 2:00-6:00PM
    Shakers DC
    Washington, DC

    I’ll be doing comedy for one of my favorite variety shows of the year! All funds raised go to Who Speaks For Me?, an advocacy and activist-driven prison abolition organization.

    This event will have ASL interpreters.

    Tickets

A story in three acts:

There is a species of fish that live in the buttholes of sea cucumbers.

Sea cucumber buttholes grew teeth in an effort to keept them out.

It did not work.

Let’s nerd out together