Laura Kiesel, M.Sc.

I am often a featured speaker at conferences, seminars and classes about many of the topics I report and blog on–whether that be the intersection between chronic illness and socioeconomic status, lived experience of having an invisible disability, the impact of the opioid epidemic on families, the therapeutic qualities of writing, or as a journalist giving voice to what potential stories interest me to report on and biases and blind spots in the media.

I’ve written for many well-renowned media outlets including The Atlantic, Politico, The Guardian, Salon, the Washington Post, Vice, Vox and many others. From 2013 until 2015, I was an award-winning reporter and columnist for the financial news website The Street, where I covered issues related to renewable energy, the impacts of climate change on agriculture, student loan debt, the gender wage gap and rising income inequality. My coverage on global warming issues for The Street earned me a fellowship with Metcalf Institue of Marine & Environmental Reporting.

In addition to my work as an independent journalist and blogger, I've worked as an educator and advocate on many issues--mostly related to sustainability, health, and economic and social justice--and the intersectionality of these issues and how they impact people of multiple marginalized identities.