As a typewriter poet, I improvise on-the-spot custom poems at events & celebrations
Testimonials
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10/5/25 10:30 AM: Featured Spoken Word Performer at ChatterPDX, 851 SW 6th Ave, Portland
10/12/25 7 PM: Featured Reader, Studio Series at Ross Island Grocery & Cafe, 3502 S Corbett Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97239
11/27 - Exact Dates TBD - Featured Poet at Blackfish Gallery’s Portland Book Month “Speed Dating for Poets & Visual Artists”
1/8/26 7 PM: Featured Reader, GhostTown Poetry Series at Art at the Cave, 108 E Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98660
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Fractured Lit - Second Place Micro Fiction Winner - Secret to Marriage
Skullcrushing Hummingbird Issue #6 - More Than You Could Ever Hate Me (print)
Ghost Town Poetry Anthology #3 - Thrill Meditation (print)
the Art of the Chestnut Review , The Chestnut Review 3 reflections (print)
The Poetry Box: REMOTE CONTROL, my debut chapbook of poems
Unleash Lit: 3 poems - Dandelions, RC, and Easy Place
The Flying Dodo: Hopscotch
Writer’s League of Texas - Fiction Novel Manuscript Finalist
Escape Wheel Anthology - great weather for MEDIA: Palate Cleanser (print)
The Comstock Review: Euphemism, published with special merit (print)
Muse/A Journal: Skin (print)
dadakuku: nothing/everything (online and print)
Medium: various mini-essays, short-shorts, and poetry
Screencraft’s Cinematic Short Story Awarded Special Consideration
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Ekphrastic Poetry & Collage Exhibit with Aubree Holliman - spring 2025 - Slip Gallery, Seattle, WA
Featured Poet at Skullcrushing Hummingbird Zine release party - @ Turn! Turn! Turn! in Portland
Typewriter Poetry at Fans Only Art Gallery Femme x MAHSA Chai Celebration - 3/6/25
Typewriter Poetry at Powells Books - Global Day of Unplugging - 3/7/25
Typewriter Poetry at PDXEvents - 2/6/25
Typewriter Poetry at Valentines Pop-Up at Starflower - 2/5/25
Typewriter Poetry at Guilder Cafe, downtown Powell’s
Typewriter Poetry at 300-guest company holiday party at Portland Art Museum Grand Ballroom
Typewriter Poetry at Rejuvenation Flagship Store Holiday Market Event
Typewriter Poetry at Guilder Cafe, downtown Powell’s
Featured Poet on Talking Earth - KBOO Radio 10/21/24
Typewriter Poetry at Spoon's A Night of Nourishment Fundraiser Event 10/19/24
Featured Reader at PoetryBridge Association of WestSeattle 10/9/24
Typewriter Poetry at MAHSA Chai Team-Building Celebration 9/12/24
Reading and Book Signing at McMinnville Public Library 7/11/2024
Typewriter Poetry and Book Signing at Cloud & Leaf Bookstore 7/5/2024
Reading and Book Signing at Annie Bloom's Books 7/1/2024
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I'm a published author, poet, and writing coach based in Portland, Oregon, with a background in education, psychology, coaching, consulting, theater, and improvisation.
I grew up in a white stucco house in a small Florida Panhandle town (aka, Lower Alabama), where we watched porpoises from the dinner table. Leaving behind fried amberjack sandwiches and white sand dunes, I headed “up north” to Chicago for college, earning a BA in English from Northwestern University and an MA in Social Science from The University of Chicago.
The City of Big Shoulders is still dear to my heart. I especially loved acting and writing in Chicago’s vibrant non-equity theaters, making friends for life, and starting a family. For more than a dozen years now, I’ve lived in Portland, Oregon.
My career through line is communication. Past and present roles include teacher, counselor, training simulation designer, subject matter expert interviewer, team and client manager, recruiter, actor, freelance writer, editor, coach and roaming typewriter poet.
When I’m not at my writing desk or typewriter, you might find me in the kitchen micro-grating ginger root and lemon zest or playing euchre with my husband, son, and our three affable cats, one for each lap.
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