Marnie Rubinstein
Freelance Writer & Blogger
Marnie Rubinstein is a freelance writer and blogger who transitioned into the craft after a career as a human resources professional in the nonprofit sector. Her writing has appeared in Busted Halo, the Catholic media and spirituality platform, and she publishes her own blog, The Modern Cashew. Her work explores the intersection of everyday life, faith, culture, and personal experience with an honest and approachable voice.
About Marnie Rubinstein
Marnie Rubinstein is a freelance writer and blogger whose path to the page ran through a career in human resources within the nonprofit world. That background — working in mission-driven organizations, navigating the intersection of policy, people, and purpose — gave her a sensitivity to human stories that now shapes her writing voice.
Her bylines include Busted Halo, the widely read Catholic media platform dedicated to spirituality, culture, and everyday life. Writing for Busted Halo requires a tone that is warm, honest, and grounded in lived experience rather than abstract doctrine — qualities that carry directly into any lifestyle or general-interest writing context. Rubinstein has also maintained her own blog, The Modern Cashew, through which she develops a personal writing practice that engages readers on topics that range from culture and community to faith and everyday observation.
The transition from HR professional to freelance writer is one Rubinstein has embraced fully, describing her new life as a writer with evident satisfaction. That pivot reflects not just a career change but a genuine discovery — a recognition that writing is the vocation she was moving toward all along.
At National Today, Rubinstein brings a thoughtful, human-centered approach to holiday and lifestyle content, finding the personal resonance inside every occasion and making it feel meaningful to the readers who encounter it.