Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Brooklyn,
NY
New York US
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Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Books:
Hispanic & Latino Heritage in Virginia (History Press, 2016)
, The Nest: An Anthology of The Unreal (Brandylane, 2016)
, Airborne: An Anthology of The Real (Brandylane, 2014)
Fiction
Book:
Naomi & The Reckoning (Finishing Line Press, 2020)
Poetry
Books:
Heaven is a Photograph (Clash Books, 2020)
, Water for the Cactus Woman (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018)
, Lavinia Moves to New York (Underground Voices, 2017)
, Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers (Candlewick Press, 2008)
Chapbooks:
Chica/Mujer (Moria Books, 2017)
, Jaguar in the Cotton Field (Another New Calligraphy, 2017)
, Ova (Dancing Girl Press, 2017)
Prizes won:
Folio: Magazine's "Top 20 In Their 20s" Media Visionaries; Support Creativity Graduate Scholarship Award; The City College of New York Blance Mason Starkweather Award; The City College of New York Nyman Family Award; Poetry Society of Virginia Student Award; International Cinematographer's Guild Scholarship; USA Today's "Free Spirit in Journalism" Award; Smithsonian Latino Center Young Ambassadors Program; The Washington Post Writing Seminars; Teen Ink Magazine Poem of the Month; Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association; VCUarts Undergraduate Research Grant
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Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
European American, Feminist, Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Arlington,
VA
Virginia
Raised in:
VA
Virginia
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Last update: Mar 10, 2022