Writer. Artist. Creative.
Poetry, prose, & recognitions
Journals
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Pine Hills Review, ISSUE 2023: “Once Upon a Time”
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South Florida Poetry Journal, ISSUE 2023: “Family Photo With Bird”
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Jabberwock Review, ISSUE 2023: “Grief” and “At the Root”
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West Trestle Review, November/December 2023: “Things You Should Know About Katherine”
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Poetry South, Volume X, 2023: “Morning Fog Rising”
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Third Wednesday Magazine, Summer 2023: “A Woman’s Life”
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Clockhouse, Issue 10, Winter 2023: “The Number of Things”
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On the Seawall, June 2023: "Death Was My Doula"
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The Heartland Review, Spring 2023: "Dandelion Wishes"
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Unbroken, Issue 37, April 2023: "Entering"
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Drunk Monkeys, April 2023: "Steph Curry"
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ONE ART, March 2023: “The Hummingbird”
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SIXFOLD, Winter 2022: “Mind swings,” “SJC à PHX,” “On learning it’s back,” and “Meditation Before Desert Monsoon”
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The Raw Art Review, Summer 2021: “a shadow”
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Boston Literary Magazine, October 2020: “2020 is a Vampire”
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HitchLit Review, Fall 2020: “Meditation on the Seven”
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Levee Magazine, Fall 2018: “How to uncouple, in brief” and “Ferris Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier”
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Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Issue 52, September 2016: “Thoughts on My Father”
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Red Earth Review, Vol. 4, July 2016: “Red Rock”
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Down in the Dirt, Vol. 134, January/February 2016: “The Breaking”
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Red Fez, Issue 84, December 2015: “1977/1995”
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The Phoenix Soul Magazine, December 2015: “Finding the Key”
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One Sentence Poems, a Right-Hand Pointing publication, September 2015: “denouement”
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Red Fez, Issue 81, August 2015: “Go Away Feathers”
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Literary Orphans, Issue 18: “The Reason I Can’t Sleep”
Anthologies
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Children’s Rights Knows No Borders Anthology, Fall 2018:
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The Dark Ones: Tales and Poems of the Shadow Gods, (Bibliotecha Alexandrina) 2016: “Song of Ceaseless Fury”
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Honors & Awards
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Connecticut Poetry Award 2023: Winner, First Place, "Bruin Walk"
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Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize 2023: Third Place, "Dandelion Wishes"
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Mirabai Prize for Poetry 2020: Honorable Mention, “a shadow”
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Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition (Poetry) 2016: Honorable Mention, “Ferris Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier”
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Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition (Poetry) 2016: Honorable Mention, “The Next One”
Literary Activities & Positions
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Steinbeck Fellow SJSU (graduate) 2023-2024
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Poet Laureate, Cupertino, California, 2018-2020​​
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California Poetry Society, Judge, 34th Annual Poetry Contest
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TAMSEN Literary Journal, 2016-2018, Poetry Editor
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The Lindenwood Review, Fall 2015, Editorial Assistant, Poetry