CV
education
MFA Virginia Tech, Master of Fine Arts in Fiction
2019-22
BA Temple University, English & Film, French Minor
2014-18
editorial experience
current: audience editor at Longreads & The Atavist
current: fiction editor at X-R-A-Y Magazine
2022: features editor at Carve Magazine
2021-22: editorial assistant at The Believer
2021-22: nonfiction reader at Carve Magazine
2021: freelance writer at Noemi Press
2021: fiction editor at the minnesota review
2020: managing editor at The New River
2018: editorial intern at Hidden River Arts
2017: editorial intern at Temple University Press
awards & recognition
2022: semifinalist for KWLS Emerging Writer Award
2022: runner-up in Kenyon Review's Short Fiction Contest
2022: University Writing Program Outstanding GTA Award
2021: longlisted in Invisible City's Flash CNF Contest
2021: finalist in Shenandoah's Graybeal-Gowen Prize
2021: semifinalist in American Short(er) Fiction Contest
2021: Emily Morrison Prize for Poetry (3rd place)
2020: winner of Phoebe Journal's Nonfiction Contest
2020: Pushcart Nomination for essay "Manhunt"
2020: shortlisted in CRAFT's Flash Fiction Contest
2019: shortlisted in CRAFT's Flash Fiction Contest
current: Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
current: Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
readings + events
2023: Birds Aren't Real book launch, Stories Books, Echo Park
2022: Third Year Reading, The Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
2022: bedfellows x AWP, MAAS Building, Philadelphia
2022: GLOSSOLALIA flash CNF Workshop Facilitator
2021: bedfellows little black book release at 215 Festival (Zoom webinar)
2021: GLOSSOLALIA presents: a celebration of creative writing (Zoom webinar)
2020: a conversation w/ Amy Hempel, VT Visiting Writers series (Zoom webinar)
2020: Fall for the Book, Phoebe Journal Zoom webinar (Zoom webinar)
teaching experience
current: book club facilitator, Literary Affairs of LA
2022: Creative Writing Instructor, Virginia Tech
2022: Workshop Facilitator, Flash CNF, Virginia Tech
2020-21: First Year Writing Instructor, Comp & Rhetoric, Virginia Tech
2020: First Year Writing Instructor, Research Writing, Virginia Tech
2020: Workshop Facilitator, Prose Poetry, Virginia Tech
2019: Creative Writing Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech
2019: Writing Center Coach, Virginia Tech
languages
English: native speaker
French: fluent reader, advanced writer & speaker
Japanese: proficient in Hiragana & Katakana scripts