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News & WIPs

​Forthcoming 2025 — Cimarron Review (Poetry)

Poem forthcoming in one of the oldest and most respected university-affiliated literary journals in the United States.

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Forthcoming 2026 — Invited collaboration with Sofía Aguilar

Selected to co-author a poem for STREAMING SERVICE: Season 3, the third chapbook in Aguilar’s reviewed multi-season poetry series, featuring collaborative work alongside her original pieces and preceding the collection’s full-length series finale.

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2025 — Up the Staircase Quarterly

Poem published in the January 2025 issue alongside Rita Mookerjee. A hybrid, queer-gamer poem exploring gender, avatarhood, and transformation.​

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2025 — Cartridge Lit (3 Poems)

A trio of FFXIV-inspired poems examining avatarhood, chosen family, and digital myth-making.

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2025 — Fifth Wheel Press (Anthology: brainrot)

Poem featured in a themed anthology exploring obsession, fandom, and cultural fixation.

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2024 — Teaching & Mentorship

Mentored a teen writer whose portfolio earned the 2025 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition award and a full scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy through The Incandescent Review’s Summer Studio program.

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2023 — Kalamazoo Poetry Festival (Reader)

Invited reader for a program featuring Diane Seuss (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) as the headlining virtual guest.

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2019 — Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: National Silver Medal (Short Story)

National recognition from the largest youth writing competition in the U.S.

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2019 — LAX Terminal 7–8 Public Arts Program
Haiku selected for display as part of a public arts installation at Los Angeles International Airport.
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2017 — L.A. Times Festival of Books (Featured Reading)

Featured youth poet on the Hoy Stage at one of the largest literary festivals in the United States.

 

2016 — Featured Youth Poet with Caroline Rothstein (Los Angeles)

Invited to perform at 3307 W. Washington Blvd. alongside poet Caroline Rothstein in an early paid appearance; a foundational moment in artistic development.

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