Marie was so helpful to me in explaining the benefits of using LinkedIn for my business. She passed on all kinds of helpful tools, suggestions, and expertise. I am looking forward to working more with her in the future!

I had the pleasure of working alongside Marie for many years at CH2M, where I always appreciated Marie’s strategic clarity, sharp communication skills, and collaborative spirit.

She has a unique ability to elevate complex content into compelling stories, a gift that strengthens proposals, messaging, and team alignment. Marie is also generous with her insights and consistently looks for ways to improve systems and processes for everyone’s benefit.

It’s no surprise she now coaches others in writing, strategy, and communications. Marie brings depth, creativity, and a practical, people-first approach to everything she does.

“At a time when rapid and crisis communications were critical, Marie jumped right in and immediately embraced the support we needed for our communications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marie quickly understood the daily operations and tight deadlines our team needed. She understands the big picture. Her writing, business sense, responsiveness, positivity, and professionalism are outstanding. I trusted her to provide us the support we needed every step of the way. I highly recommend Marie. She is amazing. I will work with her any chance I can in the future.”

"Fertile Ground Communications is my go-to partner when I need editing expertise on articles I write for my company.  Marie has an innate ability to quickly understand my 'voice' and reposition messages in a clear and concise manner.  
I trust the creative relationship we have and respect her professional judgement because Marie's first priority is to produce a product in the best interest of the brand of my business." 

"The crafting of our new website by Fertile Ground Communications was truly a labor of love on Marie’s part.  She gifted us with her patience and tenaciousness, guiding our team in a true collaborative effort.  Marie’s insightful questioning helped us all better understand what is different and special about our business, and her ability to convey that uniqueness to others in the content she developed will serve us well for years to come."

I had the pleasure of working with Marie at Our Love Company, which focused on helping couples love each other more and better. Marie was in charge of our written content. She authored, guided our team, and reviewed and approved our web, social media, email, and in-app written content. She advised on how best to create content that is engaging, fun, and helpful.

Marie is also a really great person, fun, and hard working. I highly recommend Marie and would love to work with her again.

Marie is an extraordinary content writer whose talent has consistently impressed me. She has an innate ability to transform complex ideas into clear and engaging content. What sets Marie apart is her dedication to understanding the audience and the subject matter. Marie is also an excellent collaborator, open to feedback, and always willing to go the extra mile to meet deadlines. Without hesitation, I highly recommend Marie for any content writing or related roles.

Marie is a great communicator and collaborator with tremendous graphic skills. She knows how to organize concepts visually and unify complex ideas into simple and appealling presentations. Her creativity and professionalism have helped my ideas reach audiences in very effective ways.

"Marie has helped The Immigrant Story in many ways. I find her compassion and unwavering commitment to immigrants, refugees and the BIPOC community to be refreshing and much needed. I've always considered her as my ally and can depend on her. Marie's enthusiasm is contagious. I am proud to call her our friend, partner, and ally."

I have had the privilege and pleasure of working with Marie at a startup focused on relationship wellness and was deeply impressed by her creativity, her impactful writing, incisive strategic mind, upbeat attitude, and prodigious productivity. I give her my highest recommendation.

I have known Marie for many years. What struck me about Marie from the first moment I met her was her positivity and great sense of energy. She always has a glint in her eye. She is utterly responsive and dependable, and always communicates clearly. All of that is critical in a consulting engineering environment where many deliverables are flying out at a time and project managers are under crunch to get things done.

I cannot recommend Marie highly enough. Beyond being an excellent editor, she is organized, thoughtful, insightful, and just a lot of fun to work with.

"Marie and I have worked together for years. She brings a brilliant mind, deep experience and a profound commitment to equity and justice to everything she does. When she's been part of our communications team, we exceed our expectations. Every time." 

"Marie's communication and leadership skills elevate internal and external communications. She is talented at identifying, writing, and promoting newsworthy stories and topics that are ahead of the curve and establish the firm as a thought leader. She is also a clear-headed editor who provides direct and useful feedback and direction.

Marie brings a deep understanding of marketing principles and expert knowledge of industry business development practices. She has a positive and encouraging attitude and is a true asset to any team."

"Marie is intuitive, action-oriented, and exceptionally skilled in communications. Better yet, she's a pleasure to work with. Both her experience and her familiarity with new communication platforms (e.g., social media) are invaluable to effectively delivering messaging and marketing information to our staff, clients, potential team members, and potential clients!"

"Marie is a supremely talented writer, editor, communicator, social media maven, and storyteller. I counted on Marie's skills and passion to communicate with an audience of 25,000 colleagues and a global audience of CH2M followers about our strategic sponsorships, global grant making, and skill-based volunteerism. As a result, CH2M's profile as a true corporate citizen was elevated and celebrated."

"Marie communicates clear, tailored messages that cultivate individual understanding of big issues with compassionate empathy. Her ability to understand and connect with her audience is unparalleled. She can play any position, from directing strategy and coaching a group of writers and designers, to writing compelling pieces that dovetail with company brand and flow naturally as part of the whole.

She has earned multiple awards for communication excellence and created widespread and lasting employee and external engagement around CH2M’s sustainability platform."

"I was always grateful for Marie's talent, work ethic, team spirit, and unrelenting optimism (even in the face of grave challenges). She was a major contributor to effectively communicating CH2M's commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility, and was part of award-winning teams that produced our annual reports and a major re-branding effort... Along with her great toolbox of communications skills, Marie also brought a strong commitment to doing the right thing for our clients, our employees, and our planet."

"Collaborating with Marie was key to our success – she is strategic, helps find creative solutions to challenges, and drives towards results. She is an excellent writer and editor, a skilled storyteller, and clear communicator. Her positive attitude is infectious, and I miss working with her!"

"Marie is one of the best writers and editors I’ve worked with. Not just because she’s incredibly talented but she’s also an excellent project manager who keeps everyone on track. Whenever there was an award we absolutely HAD to win, I always brought in Marie...she turned raw content into such beautiful prose that I lost count of how many awards she won for us.

Marie’s work is truly amazing, but what makes her valuable is her personality. She’s driven and hardworking, but also one of the friendliest and most fun people I know. She’s always up for a laugh or an insightful conversation about strategy. When I build my communications dream team, Marie will be one of my first calls."

"Marie is an exceptional leader. She is also extraordinarily talented--as a writer, editor, strategist, and project manager. Her broad experience, from sales and marketing to sustainability, make her a valuable leader anywhere she goes. She has a kindness, integrity, and respect for people that is uncommon in the corporate world."

"Marie is a tremendous communicator who approaches each project with passion, professionalism, cleverness, and a bit of wit. She goes above and beyond what is required and consistently brings her knowledge and innovative ideas to every meeting and assignment."

I had the distinct pleasure of working with Marie as we cofounded a nonprofit that aided families with critically ill newborns.

Marie displayed an amazing combination of creative communication, writing, marketing, and social media/website skills as the organization was created and established. She possesses a unique combination of technical and interpersonal skills, allowing her to positively impact a team in a variety of ways. Marie brought a passion and a persistence to the project, combining professionalism with her delightful sense of humor and ability to establish a positive relationship with all those she interacts with.