CV

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EDUCATION

2027 Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry, San Diego State University

2024 Bachelors of Arts in English, University of California, Berkeley

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2025 Co-host, Poetry International Podcast

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

2025 Productions Editor, Poetry International, San Diego State University

2025 Poetry reader, The Los Angeles Review

2025 Poetry reader, Poetry International, San Diego State University

2023-2024 Editor-in-Chief of DIASPORA Magazine

AWARDS AND HONORS

2025 Nominee, Best New Poets, “Your Body is a Hungry Thing” via Diode Poetry Journal

2024 Prebys Creative Writing and Poetry Scholar

2024 Nominee, Best of the Net, “Portrait of a Girl as Salt & Silt”, via Sage Cigarette Magazine

2020 Creative Writing Scholarship, Grossmont College

2020 First-Place, Poetry Slam, Grossmont College

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