Christianna McCausland

Baltimore

Special Editions Editor at Baltimore Magazine

Writer at Freelance

Articles

Baltimore’s Top Nurses, 2025

1 month ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

Health & Wellness Our annual Excellence in Nursing Awards recognizes a fraction of the thousands of nurses working in the area every day to make patients’ lives healthier, safer, and happier. Each year, it’s our privilege to recognize a fraction of the thousands of nurses working in the area every day to make patients’ lives healthier, safer, and happier. Without their skill and expertise, where would we be?
Washday Floral and Schoolhouse Offer Personalized Flowers and Gifts in Fallston

1 month ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

Tucked into a side street off Mountain Road, that busy thoroughfare that winds through Harford County’s suburbs and farmland on its way to I-95, is a two-room building that was once home to Fallston’s Youth’s Benefit School. When it opened to much fanfare in 1910, teachers commuted on horseback and heated the rooms with a coal stove. The frame building still stands where a string of restaurants, a gas station, and a Walgreens peter out into countryside.
Essay: When a Kitchen Renovation Means Starting From the Ground Up-Literally

Mar 5, 2025 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

When I was a kid, my parents went to an auction and bought a pallet of bricks. We lived in a brick house, and they wanted to put in their own patio, but trouble arose getting the bricks home. My mother would retell the story of how the car stalled when the trailer they were hauling got two flat tires up a steep hill, on a blind curve on Falls Road. Consternation, yelling, and threats of divorce ensued.
Supporting global diplomacy

Nov 14, 2024 | wheatoncollege.edu | Christianna McCausland

When Anna Schulz ’02 imagined her life after Wheaton, she thought she might become a politician leading policy in a government office or a professor fostering critical thinking on a college campus. She never dreamed she would become a key support for leaders engaged in critical multilateral diplomatic negotiations to combat global warming.
What’s Really Behind Baltimore’s Teacher Shortage?

Aug 26, 2024 | baltimorefishbowl.com | Christianna McCausland

Parents share tales of the nationwide teacher shortage like veterans swapping war stories: the day their kids spent watching movies in the cafeteria because there weren’t enough teachers to instruct several classrooms. The time they were asked to substitute teach in the absence of qualified professionals. Classrooms that are overcrowded and teachers who are clearly under-supported.
What’s Really Behind Baltimore’s Teacher Shortage?

Aug 20, 2024 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

Parents share tales of the nationwide teacher shortage like veterans swapping war stories: the day their kids spent watching movies in the cafeteria because there weren’t enough teachers to instruct several classrooms. The time they were asked to substitute teach in the absence of qualified professionals. Classrooms that are overcrowded and teachers who are clearly under-supported.
Baltimore Women Are Making Their Way Into Traditionally Male-Dominated Trades

May 8, 2024 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

When Danni Donovan, master plumber and owner of Donovan WaterWorks, knocks on a door, she never quite knows what response she’ll get when the homeowner opens it. If it’s a female, usually there’s a sigh of relief. “But countless times I’ve had a gentleman answer, and they’ll say, ‘Do you know what you’re doing?’” she says. Donovan says it is unfortunate that her skills are often judged solely by her anatomy. But she usually falls back on humor.
Florxeight Wants to Put Maryland on the Map for Rose-Growing

Mar 7, 2024 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

When Lauren Uhlig moved from an apartment to a home in northeast Baltimore’s Hamilton Hills in 2016, she was excited about the four-by-eight vegetable bed in the backyard. Although she works as an architect, Uhlig was inspired to explore the local cut flower movement and, on a whim, she decided to try her hand at growing some roses. When she told people about her blooming aspirations, they all said the same thing: good luck.
Newly Expanded Found Studio Shop Gives Owner More Space to Dream

Feb 26, 2024 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

Stepping into Found Studio Shop, a retail gift shop in Lauraville, feels like the most genuine hug from a friend. Everything is bright, fun, and comfortable—with just a touch of sass—which is exactly how owner Kacey Stafford designed it. “One of my favorite things to do is get together a collection of things that are beautiful and functional and bring joy,” drawls the Kentucky native.
Maryland’s First Natural Burial Cemetery Makes Death an Act of Conservation

Jan 22, 2024 | baltimoremagazine.com | Christianna McCausland

A short hike up a grass path through a meadow brings you to a hilltop where two cherry trees create a pocket of shade. The view is mostly uninterrupted ridgelines covered in forest. It is here that, when his time comes, Dr. Howard Berg will be laid to rest. “I tell people this is a nature preserve where people happen to be buried,” says Berg, 70, a founder of Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum in Windsor Mill, the first of its kind in Maryland.