Contributing editor · Wrong Speak Publishing
Audra Worlow
- Contributing editor
- Writer
- Former paralegal
A former prosecution paralegal who spent five years on homicide and sex-crime cases — and now writes about the criminal mind, culture, health and the things people would rather not say out loud.
Also publishes as Audra Facinelli.

The backstory
From the courthouse to the column.
Audra earned a degree in applied health science from Bowling Green State University, then spent five years at a county prosecutor’s office in Ohio, working homicide and sex-crime cases. She left to focus on her family and on writing.
That time inside the justice system shapes her work. She writes about predators and child protection, addiction, healthcare, ambition and modesty — and about the cultural fights playing out in schools, which she has also covered for The Federalist under her maiden name, Audra Facinelli.
She describes herself simply: Catholic, wife, mother and writer. At Wrong Speak she edits and writes across science, pop culture, politics, philosophy and crime.
Selected writing
Read Audra
Wrong Speak Publishing · October 1, 2025
We Don’t Have To Tolerate Bad Healthcare
ReadWrong Speak Publishing · December 31, 2024
How I Beat My Toxic Ambition
ReadWrong Speak Publishing · June 18, 2024
Why DEI Doesn’t Work
ReadAudra’s Substack · June 28, 2024
Defining Modesty
ReadWrong Speak Publishing · November 13, 2023
Drugs Are Not The Problem, Addiction Is
ReadThe Federalist (as Audra Facinelli) · November 14, 2022
On Survey, 1,168 Parents Report Their Kids Encountered Sexually Explicit Content In School
ReadThe path
How Audra got here
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor’s degree in applied health science.
County prosecutor’s office
Five years as a paralegal on homicide and sex-crime cases.
2022
Reported a survey of 1,168 parents on explicit material in schools for The Federalist.
2023
Spoke on freedom issues for women at FreedomFest as a Wrong Speak editor.
2024
Guest on “You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist” — understanding the criminal mind and protecting children.
Today
Contributing editor at Wrong Speak Publishing and author of her own Substack.
Bylines
Where she’s been published
- Wrong Speak Publishing
- The Federalist
- Audra’s Substack
Follow & contact
Connect with Audra
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