I am a Chicago-based writer, curator, dancer & overall stage-loving human. My debut chapbooks my mother is a mixed metaphor & Cumulus were published by Rockwood Press and my full-length poetry collection, Turmeric Dust Stains is forthcoming from dancing girl press. My work has also featured globally across BBC, Forbes, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Baby Teeth Journal, Epiphany Magazine, Corpus Callosum & more.
I have served as an In-Surreal-Life fellow, the Development Committee Chair for the Chicago Poetry Center & been supported by residencies with Narrative Shifts & Prospect Street. I work as an applied behavioral scientist & have a background in psychology. Most importantly, I love sauces, baked goods, pen-pals & all round silliness.