Education

M.F.A., English, University of California, Irvine, 2017
B.A., English, Stanford University​, 2011

Courses Taught

University of California, Irvine:

• Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric (UCI Composition: Spring 2018, Winter 2018)
• Argument and Research (UCI Composition: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017 , Spring 2017, Winter 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Spring 2015) Core texts: Evicted, by Matthew Desmond; The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Beginning Poetry Writing (UCI Creative Writing: Spring 2016, Winter 2016, Fall 2015)
• Critical Reading and Rhetoric (UCI Composition: Winter 2015, Fall 2014) Dystopia- Latina/o Science Fiction

​Awards/Recognition

• Lynn Garnier Memorial Award, 2016, University of California, Irvine
• Urmy/Hardy Prize in Poetry, 2009, 2nd place for "For Me"

​Readings

The Ear Publication Party, reading, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA - May 18. 2017
UC Irvine MFA Reading Series, Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA - April 29, 2017
UC Irvine MFA Reading Series, Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA - April 23, 2016
UC Irvine MFA Reading Series, on campus, Irvine, CA - January 27, 2016
UC Irvine MFA Reading Series, Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA - May 9, 2015 
Orange Coast Review Publication Party, gallery exhibit and reading, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA - April 29, 2015
UC Irvine MFA Reading Series, on campus, Irvine, CA - January 14, 2015
Levinthal Reading, Stanford University Creative Writing Program, Stanford, CA - March 10, 2010