“I often find that the only way I can truly know a part of myself is when I see it as words on the page. My goal in writing is to educate myself about myself. I don’t see that as a selfish act, rather I see it as my responsibility.”
AWARDS
Adult Fiction Mentorship Award – The Word for Diversity: A Storytelling Sanctuary (March 2018) https://www.thewordfordiversity.org/programs
1stPlace– Intergenerational Family Recipes Should Never Be Lost, Intergeneration Foundation Storytelling Contest (Kraemer IG Story Contest/Bridges Together), (December 2016) https://bit.ly/2NgHksi
PUBLICATIONS
Non-Fiction
“A New Roadmap.” she’s got this! Women on Standing Strong and Moving On, An anthology of Write on Mamas. All Things Books (February 2019)
The Butterfly Series: Fifty-two Weeks of Inquiries for Transformation, iMAGINe Flight Press (August 2018) https://amzn.to/2P4rzXp
“Look Where You’re Living.” All The Women in My Family Sing: Writing from Women of Color, edited by Deborah Santana – Nothing But The Truth Publishing (January 30, 2018) http://bit.ly/2uVQOU7
Poetry
“Nine Lives of Disability.” –The Disability, Medicine, and Illness Issue of District Lit (an online journal of writing and art), July 2017 http://bit.ly/2uO5mmG
“Looking Back.” Enclave: Post-Election day 2016 Voices, Entropymag.org (November 10, 2016) http://bit.ly/2pRtDW7
“Womanhood.” To Become Louder Even Still: Responses to Sexual Violence in Literary Spaces, Apogee Journal, (April 2016)http://bit.ly/1NovnLf
Micro-Fiction
A Quiet Courage – three 100- word pieces published in on-line journal December 2016:
Sam published in A Quiet Courage (December 23, 2016)
All in One Day published in A Quiet Courage (December 23, 2016)
Sunrise to Sunset published in A Quiet Courage (December 23, 2016)
Guest Blogger Latinxs in Kid Lit (www.latinosinkidlit.com)
Guest Blogger, Book Review of Frida Kahlo y Sus Animlitos(English and Spanish versions) by Monica Brown (November 27, 2017) https://bit.ly/2P3Tqab
Guest Blogger, Book Review of Side by Side/Lada a Ladoby Monica Brown, (October 5, 2017) https://bit.ly/2RhHJyb
Guest Blogger, Book Review of One of a Kind Like Me/Unico Como Yoby Laurin Mayeno http://bit.ly/2uVOCIM (May 4, 2017)
Guest Blogger, Book Review of YA book Broken Lucky Girlby Ruth Beharhttp://bit.ly/2qsJNGs (March 30, 2017)
Guest Blogger, “A Heart Called Home: An Interview With Cultural Anthropologist Ruth Behar,” http://bit.ly/1zs50fl, September 25, 2012 – 3200 Stories of the SF Jewish Community Center
SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCES/READINGS
“What Matters”– Selected to read in San Francisco’s Listen to Your Mother 2016 show (May 6, 2016)https://bit.ly/2r4ygO1
“Going Rogue,” Selected to read in San Francisco’s LitCrawl event with Write on Mamas (October 2016)