Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Elevate your health and science content with journalistic storytelling. I use character-driven narratives, immersive scenes, and vivid details to create clear, engaging stories that captivate audiences and build brand and institutional trust.

Clients include Penn Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, American Optometric Association, Forbes Content & Design Studio, and many more.

Award-winning work:
*Helping Black Families to Grow and Thrive, Penn Medicine magazine (This cover package was honored by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and by the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Institutional Advancement.)
*Which Skin Care Products Do We Really Need?, UCSF Magazine (This story received honorable mention in the short-form category of the 2024 National Association of Science Writers' Institutional Writing Awards.)

Known for:
→ Strong journalistic storytelling skills
→ Delivering clean, compelling copy by deadline
→ Well-prepared, conversational interviewing style
→ Engaging, accessible writing that readers remember
→ Professionalism, organization and dependability
→ Being friendly and easy to work with

I have a master’s in journalism from Columbia University, and worked as a staff reporter for Newsday, a daily newspaper in New York, before going freelance in 2009. My freelance journalism has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Latina, ZDNet and other publications.