I’m a former high school English teacher living and writing in San Diego, California. Lover of animals, nature, big hearts, and rainy days, I spend most of my time engaged with friends and family or in the pursuit of art and entertainment. I’m not ashamed to admit I love to watch movies and tv shows, and I’ve recently discovered an appreciation for podcasts.

When I was younger, I played volleyball and basketball competitively and was inducted into my liberal arts university’s Hall of Fame, an achievement that reminds me my body used to be a fierce machine. Now, I read by the pool, practice yoga, and take long walks in parks, and I’m always thinking about how to jump back into a regular cross-training routine.

I love Halloween and Tarot and most things considered dark, strange, unexplainable, or unique. I’m trying to figure out how to apply my affinity for eerie, mysterious things to my art. My most recent creative passions include painting acrylic on canvas and drawing animal scenes for a coloring book compilation.

When poetry strikes me, which is sometimes every day, I write. I recently finished my childhood survivor memoir titled, When I Was Her Daughter, and am currently seeking a publisher. My work has been published in F*** Isolation, fws: journal of literature and art, Coffin Bell, and A Year in Ink, vol. 9.  

I have two cats, no kids, and one amazingly supportive husband. This August marks our eighth wedding anniversary. We love to travel and look forward to getting back out there to see the world once COVID calms the heck down.

This is my first poetry marathon.