AWARDS
Writer-in-Residence, Fort Lyon Community / Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop, Summer 2018, Las Animas, Colorado
Best New Poets Award Nominee, Vermont College of Fine Arts (2015)
Stanford University Religious Studies Department Garfield Award (June 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
Chapbook Mother Stump now available from Yak Press; Poetry forthcoming from Mezzo Cammin and Rise Up Review; other writing published at: Gyroscope Review, LA Poet Society, Ruminate Magazine, Presence Journal and Listen (International publications for Spiritual Directors International), Pirene’s Fountain (Glass Lyre Press), Poets Reading the News, and Selfish Magazine.
TEACHING (ENGLISH, WRITING & POETRY)
Advent Poetry Retreat, Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Direction: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Monrovia, CA (Dec. 2018)
Writer-in-Residence and Poetry Instructor: Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community, Las Animas, CO (June-July 2018)
Poetry Workshop Instructor, Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Direction: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico (Nov. 2017) & Encino, California (June 2017)
Instructor: Introductory Poetry for Youth & Adults, Monrovia Community Center, Monrovia, CA, September 2016—Present
Trained Poet-Teacher, California Poets in the Schools, Los Angeles CA, March 2015—Present
Art & Healing 5-week Workshop, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Pomona, 2017
Writing the Healing Story 6 Week Workshop, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Monrovia, 2016
Co-Founder, Motherless Daughters of the San Gabriel Valley, Dec. 2013-Present
California Poets in the Schools Certified Instructor, March 2015-Present
Summer Writing Workshop Instructor for 6th-7th graders, Culver City, CA, Summer 2015
Stanford University Teaching Assistant, “American Humor for Non-Native Speakers,” Spring 2009
Stanford University Hume Writing Center Peer Writing Tutor, Sept 2007-June 2009
ESL Instructor: Habla el Día, Tutoring Service for Stanford campus Janitorial Staff, September 2005-June 2007
English Teacher, "Learning Enterprises," Sinaloa, Mexico, Summer 2006
OTHER WORKSHOPS, RETREATS, & PUBLIC SPEAKING
Guest Speaker: Douglass & Zook Mortuary Annual Candlelight Service, December 12, 2018
Adult Ed Retreat at St. Andrew's Abbey, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Westlake Village, CA) Valyermo, California, Spring 2013
Adult Women's Retreat, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Westlake Village, CA), Spring 2013
Youth Girls' Retreat, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Westlake Village, CA), 2010
CHAPLAINCY
Chaplain, Compassus Hospice, Denver: Provide spiritual support and companionship to patients who are on the last leg of their journey home, and to their families. (November 2018-Present)
Volunteer, PRISM Chaplaincy Ministry to the Incarcerated: Volunteer with the Episcopal Church (LA Diocese)’s PRISM ministry to the incarcerated (July 2017-September 2018)
Intern, Clinical Pastoral Education, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles (2 Units Completed)
GRANT-WRITING
A Room of Her Own Foundation (Development Intern & Development Associate, 2012-2015)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pomona, CA
St. Luke's Epsicopal Church, Monrovia, CA
PRISM Restorative Justice, Los Angeles
EDUCATION
MFA (Poetry), Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpellier, VT
BA (Religious Studies), Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Page last updated: January 1, 2019