Credentials

Published
 - Weave, April 2009 (When Boughs Break)
 - Zaghareet, Nov./Dec. 2008 (For the Bellydancers)
 - Naugatuck River Review, Nov. 2008 (Dressing Up)
 - CICADA Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2008 (Di Yunge)
 - My Drifting Ship: Poems by and for Shannon Leigh (Untitled)
 - Off the Coast Aug. 2008 (Mythmaking)
 - Estrology: An Anthology, Wordsmith Press, Mar. 2008 (The Memory of Rising)
 - CICADA Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2007 (The Babysitter)

Awards
Eleanor Cederstrom Prize for Poetry, Smith College (2005, 2008)
National Council of Teachers of English Award (2004)

Slam
 - iWPS competitor, 2008
 - Hampshire Slam WOWps representative, 2008
 - Finalist for Hampshire NPS team, 2008
 - Winner's Circle, Florence Poetry Society Jan Slam, 2006 & 2008
 - Winner's Circle, Forbes Library Slam, 2008

Self-Published Chapbooks
The Importance of Dialogue (July 2007)
Stories of Apples and Bellies (June 2008)

Features
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, Dec. 3, 2008)
Haworth Public Library (Haworth, NJ, Dec. 1, 2008)
Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT, Nov. 11, 2008)
Congregation B'nai Israel (Emerson, NJ, Oct. 24, 2008)
Cool Beans Cafe Open Mic (Oradell, NJ Sept. 28, 2008)
Baxter's Cafe Open Mic (Salt Lake City, UT, Sept. 6, 2008)
Addicted Cafe Open Mic (Salt Lake City, UT, Sept. 4, 2008)
Mestizo Open Mic (Salt Lake City, UT, Sept. 3, 2008)
Ocotillo Poetry Slam (Tucson, AZ, Aug. 30, 2008)
Wired and Unplugged Open Mic (Snohomish, WA, Aug. 21, 2008)
SLAMMN Open Mic and Slam (Minneapolis, MN, Aug. 12, 2008)
Hellbound Tricycle Open Mic (Florence, MA, Jun. 19, 2008)
Community Voices Open Mic (Westfield, MA, Nov. 2007)

Workshop Experience
8-session workshop on history, culture and critique of slam poetry North Star Self-Directed Learning for Teens (Hadley, MA, Sept.-Nov. 2007)
1-session poetry writing workshop (Salt Lake City, UT, Sept. 4, 2008)