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Education

  • Ph.D. in English, Creative Writing. Oklahoma State University, Expected Graduation Date: May 2026

  • M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Fiction. Temple University, May 2017

  • B.A. in English (Concentration: Creative Writing). College of Charleston, May 2013

Teaching & Professional Experience

  • Instructor of Record. Oklahoma State University, 2020-Present

    • ENGL 3060: Creative Nonfiction Writing

    • ENGL 2513: Introduction to Creative Writing

    • ENGL 1111, ENGL 1213: First-Year Composition I., II.

  • English Department Webmaster. Oklahoma State University, 2022-Present

  • Workshop Instructor. “Beginning Creative Writing.” Poets & Writers at OSU-Tulsa, February 2023

  • Freelance Writer. Self-employed, 2019-2023.

  • Writing Center Consultant. Oklahoma State University, Fall 2020 and Spring 2022

  • Academics Coordinator. Philadelphia Futures, 2016-2019

Editorial Experience

  • Contributing Editor. Split Lip Magazine, Present

  • Social Media & Marketing Director. Split Lip Magazine, 2022-2023

  • Editorial Assistant & Fiction Reader. Split Lip Magazine, 2020-2022

  • Editorial Board Member. Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, 2021-2022

  • Editorial Assistant. Cimarron Review, 2020-2021

  • Fiction Editor. TINGE Magazine, 2016-2017

Awards & Honors

  • Finalist, Tin House Summer Residency. 2025

  • Winner, Academy of American Poets University Prize. “Let Me Thank Taíno Ancestors and Say They Were Right.” Oklahoma State University, 2024.

  • Nomination, Pushcart Prize. “Asopao.” Booth, 2023

  • Winner, First-Generation Essay Contest. Oklahoma State University, 2023.

  • Writer-in-Residence, Hedgebrook. October 2023

  • Nomination, Pushcart Prize. “El Velorio: An Elegy.” Reed Magazine, 2022

  • Winner, AWP Intro Journals Award for Creative Nonfiction. “El Velorio: An Elegy.” Reed Magazine, 2022

  • Finalist, Submerging Writer Fellowship. FEAR NO LIT, 2019

  • Finalist, Fiction Contest judged by Pam Houston. “Anybodys.” So to Speak, Spring 2019

Public Readings & Presentations

  • “Asopao” and “Intervention: A Drinking Game.” Reading, Writers’ Recess with Apple in the Dark Magazine. Tulsa, OK, 2024.

  • “Asopao.” Reading, Booth 19 Launch Party. Indianapolis, IN, 2024.

  • “The Language of Leaving: Puerto Rican Writers On/From the Diaspora.” Panel, AWP Conference. Kansas City, MO, 2024.

  • “Nonfiction for Women of Color: Liberating and Celebrating Our Narratives.” Reading and Panel, AWP Conference. Kansas City, MO, 2024.

  • “El Velorio: An Elegy.” Selected Reader, Virtual Reading. AWP Intro Journals Project, 2022.

Professional Appointments or Service

  • Instructor, HiSET (GED) Exam Preparation - Language Arts Reading & Writing. The Payne County Detention Center, Spring 2025.

  • Judge, Virginia Woolf Essay Competition. Gettysburg College, Spring 2023.