Selected Portfolio

Tonya’s intersectional writing, editing, and ghostwriting ranges from parenting, motherhood, 30+ women’s lifestyle, Black girlhood, personal wellness, nature, music (the golden era of hip hop, R&B, go-go, jazz), food and travel writing, celebrity interviews, author interviews, nuanced writing craft, Black culture and history, parenting, book + product reviews, and more! As a storyteller, Tonya is deeply passionate about exploring the full spectrum of emotions, excavating her existence as a Black woman in the United States as well as amplifying voices from within her community.

Digital and Print Media

• USA Today

• Good Housekeeping

• ZORA

• AARP, the magazine

• Sisters Letter, by AARP

• The Kitchn

• AllRecipes

• Trip Savvy

• PBS Kids

• Romper

• Parents

• The Writer Magazine

• Yahoo!

• Publishers Weekly

• What to Expect

• Real Simple

• Business Insider

• Nashville Scene

• National Geographic, Smithsonian, New York Times, Essence (don’t mind me…just manifesting)

Literary Magazines

• Raising Mothers

• SWING Magazine, The Porch

• Womanly Magazine

• Spoken Black Girl, Motherhood Issue

• The Heard Word, by Galleyway

Anthologies

• The Fire Inside, Volume II, Zora’s Den

• RADICAL: An Unapologetic Anthology of Women and Gender Non-Conforming Storytellers of Color, Roots Wounds Words LLC

• Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Empowered Woman

Nonprofit Organizations and Blogs

• 10 Million Black Vegan Women

• Permission to Write

• The Cornerstone Fund

Editorial Clients

Blackstone Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Hachette (U.S./UK), Scholastic, Harvard Business Publishing, The Riverside Publishing Company, ICF Macro International, Experian, Barron’s Education, Six Red Marbles, The Research Masters, Houghton Mifflin, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Education, Penguin Random House, Pearson, Edutopia, Experian, and many more!