Creative Experience
Recent News:
Anaphora Arts Inaugural Emerging Critics Program Fellow Oct. 2023
Reading at Mahtem Shiferraw’s L.A. Book Launch for Nomenclatures of Invisibility at Beyond Baroque July 2023
Recent MFA Graduate from Pacific University, Forrest Grove, June 2023
Anaphora Reading at AWP 2023
Newly hired flash fiction reader for Northwest Review 2023
Prior Residency Experiences:
January 2021 — Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing Program
January 2020 — Pacific University Residency at Seaside, OR
March 2019 — Cambridge Writer’s Workshop, New Orleans LA
June 2018 — Anaphora for the Arts Writing Residency Founding Fellow
Awards:
Master of Fine Arts Merit Scholarship from Pacific University 2021
Publications:
“To Do” — a flash fiction piece on @FeastandFable, a digital publishing platform (2020)
Merlin the Drunk Merman — self-published chapbook in collaboration with Michael C. Hsiung as the illustrator. Sold at Skylight Books and other notable bookstores in Los Angles. (2015)
DumbLove —a self-published chapbook sold at Skylight Books and other notable bookstores in Los Angles. (2010)
Leadership in Literary Community:
Writing in Color Series— Co-host a monthly student + alum zoom gathering specifically for BIPOC students attending the Pacific MFA program. Sessions are centered around supporting BIPOC writers in the program to navigate their semesters smoothly.
Fiction Footnotes Series— Co-host a monthly student + alum Zoom gathering every first Tuesday. Sessions begin with an ask – something that will help a writer achieve a goal.
Evening “Study Hall” — Lead an accountability writing group from all genres that meet via Zoom twice weekly to discuss projects, provide support, and offer much-needed writing time.
“Generative X” — Lead a writer's group of former Anaphora for the Arts Residency 2018 Fellows who focus on generating new work. Meetings are twice a month
