* 2017-18 Highland (IN) Poet Laureate * Wrote poetry book, If We Were Birds * Published (short form) in the following areas: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction * Poetry reviewer for The Florida Review * One year of autobiography ghostwriting experience * Three years of editorial board experience for literary magazines * Assistant editor of poetry book * Teaching artist, creative writing * Oral storyteller * Taught college creative writing for a decade * M.F.A. in creative writing * M.A. in literature * Won Sigrid Stark award for novel-in-progress as well as contests for memoir excerpts and tall tales