Readings + Events
March 7th - 2:30PT Eat Your Words (Zoom)
Join me for a free writing workshop on food, memory, and personal voice - courtesy of the International Memoir Writers Association.
Feb 10th - Class Visit @ PLNU
From High School on to College! Excited to discuss poetry with Dr. Katie Manning's Intro to Poetry class at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Feb 3 - Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals
Being a judge for this wonderful program featuring High School students is always a joy. SD Central Library Feb 3, 6pm. FREE
Dec 2025 - WWR Recoded Reading
Catch me (~59min mark) and other poets
as we kickoff a series honoring
Whale Road Review's 10th Anniversary!
Recent Recognitions
First Place honors in the 2025 National Federation of Press Women Professional Communications Contest - POWER POINT won the chapbook category and "You are 600% hotter than the Sun"won as a single poem. Delighted to share the Creative Verse sweep with Ohio Poet Laureate and poet friend, Kari Gunter-Seymour!
2025 War Poetry Postcard Prize - honored "Every poem is political"won this beautiful project on the effects of war and healing.
All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents won 2024 Poetry Collection of the Year from SDWF and first place in 2024 with CPW, placing third in the national contest.
A 2024 Best of the Net nod from Cathaxis for my poem "You are 600% hotter than the Sun."
Media Mentions
Sundress Publications and Middle West Press published articles on my work, July 2025 .
MIT Technology Review's Spring 2025 issues include an in-depth feature on my poems and professional journey.
East County Times and Harbor Review Magazine, BookSirens, and New Pages recommended Power Point. Readers' Favorite gave 5 Star Reviews for Power Point and All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents.
Thanks also to The San Diego Union Tribune Arts & Culture, Verse Daily, and Literacy Month article by MIT Sloan for recent mentions.
Selected Past Events
July 2024
Check out the first 25 minutes for poems from my new chapbook POWER POINT in this virtual reading series from my amazing publisher, Sheila-Na-Gig. I got to geek out and gush over the collection and joyfully celebrate with my Sheila-Na-Gig family! Stay for the rest to hear poets from the Summer Issue - read it here.