It’s pronounced “or-TEE-lay.”

I’m the author of the essay collection The Groom Will Keep His Name. I’m currently an editor for print and digital at Condé Nast Traveler. Previously, I was the executive editor of the National Magazine Award-winning publication Catapult, where I was first its managing editor. Before that, I was the founding editor of BuzzFeed Philippines. I’m also a MacDowell Fellow. I’ve written for BuzzFeed News, Vogue, Esquire, Out, and Into, among others. I graduated from Vassar College, which means I now live in Brooklyn.

You can get a copy of Groom here. For media/publicity inquiries related to Groom, contact my publicist Brooke Parsons at Hachette.