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education
MFA Virginia Tech, Master of Fine Arts in Fiction
2019-22
BA Temple University, English & Film, French Minor
2014-18
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editorial experience
current: Assistant Fiction Editor at X-R-A-Y Magazine
2022-23: Audience Editor at Longreads & The Atavist
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
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2024: Ragdale Foundation residency recipient
2023: semifinalist for Marianne Russo Emerging Writer Award
2023: Kimmel Harding Nelson Center residency recipient
2022: semifinalist for Cecilia Joyce Johnson 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
2024: SMALL PRESS NITE, The Book Catapult, San Diego
2023: Violent Candy book launch, North Figueroa Books, LA
2023: Third Thursday Artist Talks, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Nebraska City
2023: Birds Aren't Real book launch, Stories Books, LA
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)
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teaching experience
current: Book Club Facilitator, Literary Affairs of Los Angeles
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
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French: fluent reader, advanced writer & speaker
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Japanese: proficient in Hiragana & Katakana scripts
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