Hello! I'm Susannah Chen, a freelance storyteller and content strategist based in San Francisco. I write for various editorial publications, often about food, drink or travel through a cultural lens. I’m also a consumer lifestyle brand strategist who aims to humanize brands, offer solutions, and move audiences through multimedia content.

I grew up a journalist at heart. I received an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and put in time at national consumer magazines and alt-weeklies. After a brief hiatus in the corporate beauty world, I returned to my first loves: media and food. I was the food editor for POPSUGAR for more than five years. From there I became the founding editor for the launch of Lifehacker’s home cooking website Skillet. My award-winning work has appeared on the pages of AFAR, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and the Houston Press, and online for Zagat, First We Feast, The Bold Italic, and Woman's Day.