Work — Marah Writes

Web Copy & Editorial

2024–Present

Ghostwritten Editorial Journal: Award-Winning Luxury Builder, BC Canada

Long-form editorial content for a Canadian luxury construction firm building custom homes across British Columbia's most challenging terrain, from mountain lots in the Columbia Valley to remote lakeside sites. Articles cover design collaboration processes, construction management, seasonal planning, and the architect-engineer-municipality relationship. Written to serve both search intent and high-value buyer trust. The kind of content that earns a seven-figure client's confidence before they ever pick up the phone.

Confidential Client · BC, Canada · Ghostwritten via Impasto Creative Solutions

SEO Content

2022–Present

50+ Neighborhood Guides Across US Real Estate Markets

From hyper-local urban guides (Woodley Park, DC) to luxury small-town content (Middleburg, Virginia, median $1.15M) to statewide relocation guides (Wyoming). Ghostwritten for US-based clients, each piece built around where the buyer is in their decision. Same content type. Three completely different readers. That's the point.

Confidential US Real Estate Clients · Ghostwritten · Samples available on request

Science Communication · Editorial

2024–Present

SDG-Aligned Science Writing: INSPIRED Platform

Long-form science communication posts across three verticals, Food & Agritech, Energy & Climate Tech, and Circularity & Recycling, written for a UN SDG-aligned global platform. Topics span livestock methane reduction, biofertilizer policy gaps, agricultural waste circularity, and climate adaptation in livestock systems. Pieces include Methane, Microbes, and the Future of Beef, Biofertilizers Aren't New. So Why Are We Still Subsidizing Urea?, The Nitrogen Loop We Keep Breaking and How Biofertilizers Can Close It, Agricultural Waste Is an Oxymoron, and Climate Adaptation in Livestock Is Underrated and Underfunded. Science made readable. Policy made visible.

Published · INSPIRED Platform · By Marah Arquero

Agency Copy

2022–Present

Lead Copywriter: Impasto Creative Solutions

Website copy, newsletters, and long-form content as the lead writer at a Manila-based creative agency, writing across industries, brand voices, and content formats. Every word has a job to do.

Impasto Creative Solutions · Manila, Philippines

Published Journalism

2018 · 2021 · 2023

Bylined Science Articles: BusinessMirror & DA-Livestock Biotech

Science communication pieces covering landmark events in Philippine livestock biotechnology, from the first National Biotechnology Week held in the Visayas, to the 17th NBW spotlighting homegrown agribiotechnology innovations, to a regulatory training piece on GM animals originally published in 2018 and later republished in BusinessMirror's Science section. Written to satisfy expert reviewers and remain accessible to a general reading public.

Published · BusinessMirror · DA-Livestock Biotech · By Marah Agaton-Arquero

Institutional & Government Content

2017–2023

Event Coverage & Institutional Features: Philippine Carabao Center & DA-LBC

News features, event coverage, and institutional articles produced for two Philippine government agencies, documenting capacity-building trainings, international biotechnology symposia, and regional research milestones. Pieces include coverage of the 6th International Livestock Biotechnology Symposium linking livestock science to climate resilience, a feature on CapSU's entry into regional biotech research, DA-LBC's novice-level biotechnology techniques training, and a 2017 address connecting livestock biotech to Ambisyon Natin 2040. Government-grade accuracy. Readable by anyone who matters.

Philippine Government · DA-Livestock Biotech & Philippine Carabao Center

Technical Writing

2020–2024

Government Technical Content: PH Ministry of Science & Agriculture

White papers, position papers, scientific manuscripts, and instructional materials for two Philippine government ministries, including content supporting patent-pending biotechnology inventions. A social piece from this engagement reached 3,800 people and was republished by a national daily newspaper.

Philippine Government · DOST & DA

Technical Writing

2011–2016

Technical Documentation: DOST & Livestock Biotechnology Center

Technical and institutional publications produced for the Department of Science and Technology and the DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center, including a copyedited product description for the QuiCkArE diagnostic test kit, an illustrated R&D catalog documenting active livestock biotechnology projects under the DA-Biotechnology Program, and documentation for Philippine projects under the DOST-supported SEA-EU-Net initiative and the EU's Seventh Framework Programme. Complex science. Clean, precise output.

Philippine Government · DOST & DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center · QuiCkArE Test Kit Product Description: Copyedited

Booklets & Institutional Publications

2009 · 2016

Institutional Publications: Tanging Yaman Foundation & Livestock Biotechnology Center

Two early institutional publications spanning faith-based community journalism and government science communication. The Christotokos (Vol. 2, Issue 2, March 2009) was an editorial contribution to Tanging Yaman Foundation's community newsletter. The On-going Livestock Researches under the DA-Biotechnology Program booklet (2016) is an illustrated research catalog produced for the DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center at the Philippine Carabao Center, documenting active R&D projects for industry stakeholders. Where the writing started and what it was always building toward.

Published · Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc. · DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center, PCC