Creative Writing

"Words are tools to communicate from one human heart to another."

Published Work

Ordered by publication date.

"Nameless," May 2026, Volume 37, Number 2, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
"Puzzle," March 2026, Issue 5, The Writing Fae
"The Little Baker," December 2024, Food for Thought, 826michigan (children's short story)
"The Guardians," December 2020, Volume 31, Number 4, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
"Part 5-6," in Minutiae: Let Us Choose to Adventure, 2015, Lockjaw Magazine

"Jackie Wang's Chignons," May 2026, Bear River Review: 2025 Anthology
"How to prevent a meltdown"
- May 2026, Bear River Review: 2025 Anthology
- Audio
"Sometimes," April 2026, an interactive poem project
"Healer," October 2023, Now We Are Here: Hybrid Poetics Anthology: Volume 2
"Sometimes," October 2023, Now We Are Here: Hybrid Poetics Anthology: Volume 2
"Labels," September 2022, The First Nine Months: Hybrid Poetics Anthology: Volume 1
"An insider's guide to being a black synchronized skater," September 2022,
The First Nine Months: Hybrid Poetics Anthology: Volume 1
"Gift of Flight," May 2021, Intertextuality, the 'zine
"Trust the Journey," July 2020, an interactive poem project
"Dreaming of You," March 2019, One Sentence Poems
"Black Girl Dreams," DREAMS issue, Fall 2018, 57.1, PRISM International
"The Night Ink," June 2016, Volume 5, The Inflectionist Review
"Guardian of the Earth," Winter 2016, Issue 5, Blue Heron Review
"Vessels of Light"
- Summer 2015, Issue 4, Blue Heron Review
- Audio
"Kevin" / "Survival"
- May 2015, Issue 3, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal
- Audio
"A Room of Painted Ladies," August 2014, BLACKBERRY: a magazine
"Once in a Blue Moon," August 2014, BLACKBERRY: a magazine
"Our Neighbors Are Not Happy People," August 2014, BLACKBERRY: a magazine
"Soul," August 2014, BLACKBERRY: a magazine
"Starlight," August 2014, BLACKBERRY: a magazine
"Office Etiquette," December 2012, Volume 23, Number 4,
Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

"Escape Into Dream."
April 2026,
Graduate Writers Showcase, Eastern Michigan University.
"Mazes and Dreamscapes."
March 2026,
Graduate Research and Creative Activity Conference (GRCAC), Eastern Michigan University.
"Nonfiction Forms in Contemporary Poetry by Black and Asian American Writers."
March 2025,
Graduate Research and Creative Activity Conference (GRCAC), Eastern Michigan University.
"Franny Choi and Visually Experimental Poetry Forms."
February 2024,
Literature Research Colloquium, Eastern Michigan University.

Current research interests include:

Ph.D. candidate in English, Western Michigan University.
Creative Writing emphasis, Poetry.
M.A. in Creative Writing, Eastern Michigan University, May 2026.
M.A. in Literature, Eastern Michigan University, December 2024.
Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University, December 2023.
Specialization in Poetry.
B.A. in American Studies, Williams College, June 2004.
Specialization in Comparative Studies in Race, Ethnicity, and Diaspora.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor).
Department of English, Western Michigan University.
August 2026 - Present.
Part-Time Faculty.
Department of English, Mott Community College.
July 2026 - Present.
Writer-in-Residence.
InsideOut Literary Arts Project.
September 2023 - Present.
Also: Fall 2013 - Spring 2014. January 2022 - June 2022.
Teaching Artist Apprentice.
826michigan.
August 2024 - April 2026.
Writing Club Volunteer Facilitator.
College in Prison Program, Eastern Michigan University.
Winter/Spring 2026.
Teaching Artist.
826michigan.
Fall 2018.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor).
English Department, Bowling Green State University.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2013.