A little about me…

I am a writer, educator, editor, and literary arts non-profit program manager.

Raised in Cincinnati, I am the graduate of The Ohio State University and University of Washington, where I received my MFA in Creative Writing and taught youth students. I also worked in the book publishing industry in both editorial and marketing departments. In 2022, my husband and I made the move to Minnesota, where I manage and teach creative writing classes at The Loft Literary Center.

My work can be found in Best American Essays 2022, Fourth Genre, The Seventh Wave, 5280, and elsewhere, and I have received support from Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Sundress Publications, Anderson Center, and Vermont Studio Center. Most recently, I am a 2025 recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and a 2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship Finalist in Literature-Prose. Within the past decade, I have served as a Fulbright scholar, AmeriCorps member, and Urban Leaders Policy Fellow. I am a prose reader at Quarterly West and The Rumpus column We Are More. I host and curate the Substack and podcast series Mumu Stories that focuses on personal narrative and storytelling, arts and education, and health and wellness. I’m currently seeking representation for my memoir about family, belief, identity, illness, and the persistent pull of home.