Poet
Publications & Prizes
California State Poetry Society Prize, December, 2022; 2nd Place, for She Painted
California State Poetry Society Prize, November, 2023, 3rd Place, for Today I Could Be Something I've Never Been Before
Barbara Mandigo Peace Poetry Prize, 2012, 1st Place, for My Grandmother's Palm, Pantoum for Palestine
Barbara Mandigo Peace Poetry Prize, 2018, 1st Place, for When Birds Migrate, They Follow Nature
Two Sylvia's Press, 2023, Semi-Finalist, manuscript, "Words Like Stones" (renamed)
Moonstone Press Chapbook Prize, 2023, Finalist, manuscript, "Chiseling Away At Walls"
California State Poetry Society, Honorable Mention, 2024 Annual Contest, "A Candle, April 2020"
Calfornia State Poetry Society, First Place, July 2024 Contest, "On The Way to the Library"
Calfornia State Poetry Society, First Place, August 2024 Contest, ""The Woman Artist Untethers Herself"
Black Fox Literary Magazine, Longlist for Poem, Spring 2024, "Reasons for Surviving"