Monica Leas

is a writer, editor, and leader of creative teams.

thinks stories are better than resumes.

was an unlikely Stanford Business School fellow.

made history building the first video news website for African-American audiences.

knows how to turn a Nextdoor post into a newsletter, then a network news story.

loves a good road trip (with detours, preferably).

is still working on solving Silicon Valley's gender inequality problem.

made a tool for teachers and students by mining the NBC News archives.

went to jail in Arkansas to get this story.

lived in 20 countries in one year and has receipts.

put a new twist on real-time sentiment analysis during the 2012 election.

will gladly guide you on this San Francisco walking tour.

made the world a little more empathetic teaching at Stanford’s design school.

once spent 12 hours with Tom Brokaw in the George W. Bush White House.

is here for profile writing or op-ed editing when duty calls.

always appreciates a good coffee chat or brainstorm session — just drop a line.