A Little About Me

• I was born and raised in Los Angeles.

• People often tell me I don’t seem like I was born and raised in Los Angeles; I always take this as a compliment.

• For all or most of my time so far on planet earth I have described myself as a daughter, a sister, a writer, an athlete, a student, a she/her kinda girl, a lover of alone time, a hugger, an early riser and an exceedingly (almost irritatingly) punctual person.

• I have never met a cupcake I didn’t like.

• I graduated with a BA in English from UC Berkeley. Go Bears.

• Over a decade later, I went back to school and earned an MFA in writing from Otis College of Art and Design. Go Owls.

• In between those two academic pursuits, lots of stuff happened in my life and I’ve written about much of it because words have always given me a way to express the most essential parts of my own lived experience.

• I have deadlifted 264.5 pounds wearing a singlet on a stage in Las Vegas and there’s video footage to prove it.

• In July, 2022, I completed my year as a BookEnds Fellow through Southampton Arts at StonyBrook University, where I completed my first novel.

• I am a firm believer in the words of the Dalai Lama: “Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.”