Meet Our Team
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Allie Boman is a writer and editor who leads diverse projects with a focus on caring for her team and clients alike.
In addition to writing and editing both highly technical and general audience publications, Allie enjoys project management and developing communication strategies. Her life’s work is rooted in a deep hope that a better future is both possible and near.
Prior to founding Boman Editing, Allie spent 15 years as a nonprofit organizer in Michigan and Indiana. She is passionate about promoting well-being for individuals and communities. Her experience includes local community-engaged research, such as stakeholder meetings and public surveys. She also has extensive training in project management and strategic communication.
After serving as a marketing manager and holding other roles in a community-based nonprofit, Allie transitioned into science writing and editing, primarily working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This sparked an interest in public health, leading her to pursue a master’s in public health at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022. Her training has included strategic management, communicating with the public on sensitive topics such as climate change and vaccines, and strengthening relationships between communities and their governments.
As part of her work with the City of Waukegan, Allie and the Boman Outreach team created a policy analysis on a key issue for the city. This project involved interviewing city staff, conducting online research, and gathering input from community members to inform policy recommendations.
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Danielle Nasenbeny has been writing and editing professionally for 11 years. She has completed all coursework for her doctorate in modern language and literature at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) and recently defended her dissertation!
Danielle wears many hats in her professional career. She serves as project manager for the Amy Lowell Letters Project, an international digital humanities initiative based at LUC and its Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities (CTSDH). Previously at CTSDH, she worked as a technical editor, encoding book-length manuscripts for the Lili Elbe Digital Archive.
In addition to her editorial work, Danielle served as the Graduate School's formatting assistant at LUC, where she frequently communicated with students about dissertation and thesis revisions.
Her work with Boman Editing has included reference checking and copyediting consensus reports, conference proceedings, and other technical documents. As a former newspaper copyeditor, Danielle has expanded her expertise across multiple disciplines, sharpening her sensitivity to writing and editing in diverse contexts.
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Whitney Larson is an experienced creative director and designer with over 20 years of design experience. Her specialties include publication design, art direction, identity, and branding. In a nutshell, she loves telling stories visually.
She is a co-founder of RIPPLE of CHANGE Magazine and Studio, and has partnered with The University of Chicago, Bite This Media, Boman Editing, and many others on various projects, including publication design of quarterly and bimonthly magazines, coffee table books, and branding for educational programs, and has provided many brochure, report and event designs. Her work includes graphic design and rebranding for major brands and association publications, along with a number of Chicago-area events.
Passionate about social impact and giving back, Whitney has volunteered and offered design work for nonprofits such as Meals on Wheels Chicago and the Big Shoulders Fund. In 2020 she co-founded the social-impact publication RIPPLE of CHANGE, which equips readers with actions to build a better world. Whitney’s designs are powerful and organic, telling her clients’ stories with rich visuals and a fresh, forward-thinking perspective.
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Yasmeen Dahiya’s background in PR and marketing equipped her with numerous transferable skills. She excels in researching and writing engaging content, supporting teams with her patient eye for detail, tracking metrics for media engagement, and more.
Yasmeen works across various stages of the design process, namely product strategy, user research, end-to-end visual design, prototyping, testing, and measuring results.
She especially loves to design for companies that are contributing to the health of our planet and minds. Our Earth gives us so much, and she wants to give back.
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Olivia Blonsky is a recent graduate from the University of Mississippi. Her background is in communications, design, and marketing. She brings a creative eye and a strong foundation in storytelling, visual design, and digital strategy.
During her internships and academic projects, Olivia gained hands-on experience crafting content, designing visuals, and collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life.
She is especially passionate about building meaningful connections through creative work and is excited to grow her career helping brands share stories that resonate.