[[Books]] [chap, novel, collection]
Amerixana, 2021 from Ignite Press (sold out/limited) [chap]
[[Journals]] [p, f, cnf]
Hayden’s Ferry Review, “In A Dive Bar Near the BNSF Railway Station” [p]
Grist Journal, “Between Aqui y Alla” [p]
ONLY POEMS, “Dreaming as Evidence” [p]
Ploughshares, “Tiny Broken Things” [p]
Passengers Journal, “The West is On Fire”[p]
Sonora Review, “This is mom calling” [p], “On the first day” [p]
Tinderbox Poetry Journal, “Like Stars, Like Feathers” [p], “Cause of the Symptom” [p]
Hobart, “My Lover Strokes the Scar Between my Breasts Before We Fall to Sleep” [p]
Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays “Are You Sure that Isn’t Your Drinking Name?” [cnf]
Grand Canyon Youth, The Ripple Effect “Cicada Dance” [cnf]
The Fourth River, “Hernan” [p]
Rattle, “Erasur” [p]
DIAGRAM, “Aftermath” [p]
Lily Poetry Review, (Issue 6) “The Names We Used for God” [p]
Ghost City Review, “Convergence” [p]
Poem-A-Day, “Mourning” [p]
Complete Sentence Lit, “Ramón Ayala Is My Father” [f]
New Delta Review, “Actus Reus” [p]
The Louisville Review, “Hospital Window” [p]
Barrio Beat Magazine, “Today I Learned Cicadas In Arizona Appear Every Summer But In My Lover’s Home State He Waits Years” [p]
[PANK], “Sometimes I Fall Asleep in my Mother’s Garden and Remember Us Picking in Fields” [p]
Chapter House Journal “Tomatoed” [p]
Essay Daily, “Eye’m Alone Here” [cnf]
Miracle Monocle, “Billowing” [p]
Susquehanna Review “Extinguished Cars, Stars, Cigarettes” [p]
Curios (2019) “On Returning”, “American Honey”, “Home” [p]
Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies (2018)
The Tunnels (2018) “The Hill”,[f] “She Whispers”, “She Died Last Night” [p]
[[Drama]]
Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase (2021) “Monsoon Season: The Fool” [writer/director]
Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase (2018) “Aliens are Out There” [writer/director]
[[Views]] Inter- Re-
Thin Air Magazine (2018), More than a Vulture with Jesse Sensibar
Thin Air Magazine (2018), Lands Shift and So Should Poems with Jake Skeets
Featured work from Flagstaff Live!:
[[Journalism]] Full List Here
- “Art of” series w/ Flagstaff Live!
- “Yes Chef” series Arizona Daily Sun
- Flagstaff Live!
- Mountain Living Magazine
- Arizona Daily Sun
[[Awards]]
W.M Burke Award, Northern Arizona University 2017
Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship Honorable Mention 2021
Louie Award for “Unsung Hero”, Northern Arizona University, 2026
Honoree for Resilience Revisited: Women in Flagstaff, Culture Connections AZ, 2026
Finalist for Community Impact Individual, Viola Awards (Creative Flagstaff), 2026
Finalist for Excellence in Storytelling for Poet Brews, Viola Awards (Creative Flagstaff) 2026
Finalist for Excellence in Collaboration for Women Who Mix Art w/ Politics, VIola Awards, ‘26
[[Words About Me//Misc.]]
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