Education

• MFA Creative Writing, Oregon State University, 2024

• BA English, Creative Writing Track, University of Iowa, 2015

• Towards BA, Literature / Publication Action, Bennington College, 2013

Honors, Fellowships, and Residencies

• McCormick Writing Center Summer Residency, 2026

• Jane Underwood Poetry Prize, Semifinalist, 2024

• Oregon State University, Presidential Investiture Commissioned Poem, 2023

• Spring Creek Fellowship, 2023

• Fulbright Roma Student Initiative, Finalist Alternate, 2011

• International Writing Program Fellowship, 2011

Selected Work Experience

• Instructor, School of Writing, Literature and Film, Oregon State University, 2022-Present

  • Courses include WR341: Poetry Writing, WR241: Intro to Poetry, ENG106z: Introduction to Poetry, ENG102: Global Young Adult Literature, WR121z: Writing Composition

• Adjunct Fellow, The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters, 2025-Present

• Poetry Reader for CALYX Press, 2025-Present and 45th Parallel, 2023

• Creative Writing Instructor, Ireland Creative Writing Program and Pre-College Program at Colby College, Putney Student Travel, 2023; 2024

• Internship Manager and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, 826 Valencia, 2017-2022

Professional Development

• Community Co-Educator Fellowship, University of San Francisco, 2021

• Facilitating Racially Just Spaces Course, University of San Francisco, 2021

• Managing to Change the World Course, Management Center, 2019

• Train the Trainer Workshop, Nonprofit Learning Lab, 2019