— About me? Thought you’d never ask.

I read: Creem, Pank, J.D. Salinger, Octavia Butler, and many others.

I write: Copy, poetry, and brilliant ideas on Post-its that I lose immediately.

I like: scary movies, AeroPress coffee, and Sandwich commercials.

I loathe: misplaced apostrophes. And I figuratively die when people misuse the word ‘literally.’

— Things I’ve done

  • Over 10 years experience as a copywriter / 2 years as a senior marketing copywriter

  • 7 years experience as a college-level English professor

  • Former Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County

  • Contributor to Content Magazine

  • Published poet with Write Bloody Press

  • Repeat guest on the NPR storytelling series Snap Judgement

  • Winner: Silicon Valley Arts Council Fellowship for Literary Arts

  • Winner: Best Author in the Bay by San Francisco Bay Guardian

  • Second Place: Spelling Bee, Simmonds Elementary School, 1987 (I got eliminated by “handkerchief”)