Education:

Antioch University, Los Angeles  MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction)	2005
Roger Williams University Bristol, RI BFA, Creative Writing Minor: Psychology P.E.E.R. Counselor 9/92-5/94	1994
Awards/Fellowships:
Peter Taylor Fellow for the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop	June 2013

Seminars, Groups, Readings & Workshops:

Library Girl Live Reading and Music Series, Ruskin Theater Santa Monica, CA	4/16
Corporeal Writing Revision Workshop, Portland, OR	4/16
Roar Shack Reading Series, Echo Park Los Angeles, CA	3/16
Corporeal Writing Metaphor Workshop, Portland, OR	10/15
Tin House Writer’s Workshop Portland, OR	7/15
Guest reader for Rhapsodomancy, a Los Angeles live reading series	12/13
Kenyon Review Writer’s Workshop, Gambier, Ohio	6/13, 6/12, 6/10, 6/08
Antioch MFA Alumni weekly workshop, Playa del Rey, CA	7/05-5/11
Emcee for Prose Aloud spoken literature events Long Beach, CA	4/04-12/05
Ploughshares Creative Writing Seminar, the Netherlands	1996