Accolades & Literary Leadership

• Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry, 2025.

• Led a poetry workshop at Ohio Writing Project’s Youth Summer Camp, 2025.

• Volunteered and presented at University of Cincinnati's Poetry Stacked, 2025.

• Developed and led poetry workshops for local Girl Scout Troops, 2024, 2025.

• Participated in a Graduate Poetry Reading during Naslund-Mann’s Residency, 2024.

• Presented “The Shared Experience of Kinesthetic Imagery: Exploring the Meaning Found in Motion.

• Co-created and co-lead a monthly online Poetry Workshop with Spalding Alumnis, 2024-present.

• Elected Student Representative of the November 2024 class of Naslund-Mann's School of Writing Graduates.

• Led a Good River Review Student Editorial Discussion Group.

• Participated in a polyvocal poem for “Keep the Lights On: A Polyvocal Poetry Installation" project with Cincinnati Poet Laureate, 2024.

• Completed a book review for Jonathan Weinert’s A Slow Green Sleep.

• Crafted an Extended Critical Essay on Kinesthetic Imagery in Diane Seuss’s works.

• Presented to Ohio Writing Project’s graduating MAT graduate students, 2023, 2024.

• Co-created a weekly online Poetry Circle with Spalding colleagues, 2023-present.

• Received the Emerging Writer Scholarship from Naslund-Mann's School of Writing, 2022.

• Published “Meaningful Revision: Cultivating Student Voice with Tools and Time” in Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, 2023.

• Presented “Meaningful Revision: Cultivating Student Voice with Tools and Time” and consulted with Ohio Writing Project MAT Candidates, 2023.

• Presented “Meaningful Revision: Cultivating Student Voice with Tools and Time” at the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Conference, 2023.

• Interviewed by Noah Waspe on the “Write Answers” Podcast, 2022.

• Active member of The Association of Writers and Writer Programs and attended conferences in 2023 & 2026.