is a poet with roots in the chaparral and deserts of Southern California. She is the author of Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024) and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Romania. Writing honors include a William Dickey Fellowship, a contribution to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, a contribution to the Poetry Program at Community of Writers, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and a Best of the Net nomination. Her poetry appears on NPR’s Living on Earth Radio, WFIU’s The Poet’s Weave, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, Manzano Mountain Review, and more. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and has taught creative writing for Ovidius University, Point Reyes Institute, The Loft Literary Center, and the US-Romanian Embassy. She’s an editor for The SEEfest Review and the curator behind Living Poetry.