I have been a mother and poet and writer in Los Angeles for almost twenty years and have worked as a nurse, writer, editor and fundraiser for longer. I love what I do.

Currently I’m putting together an anthology of poems, working on a manuscript proposal with two visual artists in Los Angeles, working on longer fiction and raising money for healthcare initiatives that make a difference and support social justice and equity initiatives.

I was a Michener Fellow and post-graduate fellow at The University of Texas, a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, and an NEA grant recipient in poetry. The University of Akron Press published my thesis book of poems and it’s available online.

My newest collection of poetry, “The Vital Function of Constant Narrative,” won first prize in a manuscript contest and was published by V Press LC, and it’s also available online along with other works published over the years.

I look forward to writing and editing my own and other manuscripts and establishing a small, independent arts publisher in here in Los Angeles.