Books

Forthcoming:
​Itinerant Songs — Recenter Press, July 2025. Poetry.
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The Road Is Long & Beautiful — Recenter Press, 2022. 35mm Photography.
And Still To Sleep — Recenter Press, 2018. Poetry & 35mm Photography.
Processes: A Meditation — Recenter Press, 2017. Micropoetry & Illustration.
An Old Blue Light — Recenter Press, 2017. First edition published by Where Are You Press in 2016. Poetry & Illustration.
          Winner: Where Are You Press Poetry Contest (Judge: Clementine von Radics).
(more than) dust. — Self-Published (Kickstarter), 2016. Digital Photography.
          Press: The Huffington Post Blog, BUST Magazine, Hello Giggles, Skirt Collective, SELF Magazine,
          Fotomuseum Winterthur, Loose Lips Mag, Vagabond City Lit, Persephone’s Daughters, Golden Gate
          Xpress, Female Arts.

PublISHED WORK

​Forthcoming:
Cottonmouth Journal, Penance at Fátima, Caminho Português, Spring 2025.
The Common, Cedar Park Cafe, Spring 2025.

SUDS Zine, Bon Tempe Lake & For Teruko Azevedo, Volume Two, February 2025.
Bamboo Ridge Press, The Big Island & Shut Down Red Hill, Issue 126, November 2024.
Puerto del Sol, Lahaina (The Cruel Sun), “Mount Diablo”, & Monday, the First Bright Day, Editor’s Pick & Interview, October 2024.
Vagabond City Lit, Here, September 2024.
The American Poetry Review, House Cleaning & On the Way of St. James, Vol. 53 No. 3, May 2024.
Paperbark Magazine, Nā Kahawai (The Rivers) of my Great Grandmother, Maude, Issue 5, Feb. 2024.
The Rising Phoenix Review, Morning Routine, Noticing, & Long-COVID (Seattle, 2022), February 2024.
Hawai’i Pacific Review, Shut Down Red Hill, November 2023.
The Tiny, Philly Spring Cleanup & Tenant, Issue 12, September 2023.
Poets Union, Interview, January 2022.
Protean Magazine, Work, February 2021.
Moonstone Art Center, Locust Street (Philadelphia), 2020 Anthology of Featured Poets, January 2021.
Peace, Land & Bread Magazine, Locust Street (Philadelphia) & Workers’ State, Issue 1, March 2020.
Liberation News, Article, March 2020.
Prolit Magazine, Instrument, Issue 2, November 2019.
Stone Fruit Magazine, Baptism & Gestures, April 2019.
Hooligan Magazine, Capacity, Issue 20, October 2017.
Cordella Magazine, Selected Poems from An Old Blue Light, Issue 7, July 2017.
100% Mixed Zine, Ambiguous, December 2016.
Radical Softness Zine, Communication, Illustration, 2015.
Cherry Mag, Symposium & The Self As Process, October 2014.

Awards & Honors

Monday, the First Bright Day, Finalist, Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, March 2024.
An Old Blue Light (Formerly: The Calming), Winner, Where Are You Press Poetry Contest, 2015.​

artist residencies

​Artist-in-Residence — The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu, The Great Wall, Beijing, China. March 2017.
Writer-in-Residence — Hope Villa Artist Residency, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. April 2016.

editorial

​​Recenter Press — Founder & Editor, June 2017 - Present.

         Books: Rest of US by Richard Hamilton (2021), evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein (2021),
         Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave (2020), To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck (2019),
         ​The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker (2018).
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         Recenter Press Poetry Journal: Issues 1-5.

Film & Radio

​​Philly Liberation Radio — Producer & Writer. Philadelphia, PA. September 2020 - June 2021.

Lan Yan — Co-director & Cinematographer. Shanghai, China. 2013.
          Screenings & Awards: CAAMFest (Winner: APCA Student Film Award), Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (Finalist: Festival Golden
          Reel Awards for Excellence in Short Film), Bay Area Youth Media Network Festival (Winner), Seattle International Film Festival, Napa Valley           Film Festival, Cannes Short Film Corner, Chopshots Documentary Film Festival, BAYMN Fest, San Francisco State University 54th Annual
          Film Finals.

Head Space — Director, Writer, Cinematographer. California, U.S.A. 2014.
          Screenings: Bay Area Ladyfest.

Goat’s Milk — Director, Cinematographer. Benicia, California, U.S.A. 2013.
          Screenings: SFSU Archive Project: Stories From Elsewhere.

$hift — Co-director, Co-Cinematographer. California, U.S.A. 2013.
          Press: GoFossilFree, Films for Action, EcoWatch.

Flux — Director, Writer, Director of Photography. San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 2012.
          Screenings: Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, High Falls Film Festival: Celebrating Women in Film, Let’s All Be Free Film Festival.

poetry readings

​Bamboo Ridge Issue #126: Literature at Duskfall — Virtual Reading. February 19th, 2025.
Light Jacket Reading Series #11 — Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. March 16th, 2024.​
Poetry Reading — The Long Haul, Berkeley, CA. July 10th, 2023.
Poetry on the Porch (Organizer & Reader) — West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. September 18, 2022.
Profit | Prophet Release Reading (Organizer) — Virtual Reading. December 11, 2020.
Revolutionary Letters Reading Series — Fergie's Pub, Philadelphia, PA. February 19, 2020.
Liberation Mic (Organizer) — Philadelphia Liberation Center, Philadelphia, PA. February 15, 2020.
Prolit Magazine Issue 2 Reading — Wooden Shoe Books, Philadelphia, PA. January 18, 2020.
And Still To Sleep Release Reading — A Novel Idea on Passyunk, Philadelphia, PA. January 12, 2019.
Poetry Reading — People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, Canada. August 28th, 2018.
Portland Poetry Slam — Tiny's Coffee Northeast, Portland, OR. August 26th, 2018.
Poetry Reading — Che Cafe Collective, San Diego, CA. August 19th, 2018.
The Good Life Gallery Reading — The Sculpture Courtyard, Philadelphia, PA. June 8th, 2018.
You Can't Kill A Poet Reading Series — Tattooed Mom, Philadelphia, PA.​ November 7th, 2017.
Processes: A Meditation Release — Community Arts Phoenixville, Phoenixville, PA. September 1st, 2017.
Planned Parenthood Music & Poetry Benefit — Vox Populi's Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. ​August 19th, 2017.
Poems Night — Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA. August 14th, 2017.
Poetry Reading — Planet Phitness, Philadelphia, PA. July 23rd, 2017.
Rock n' Roll at the Park — Gaycation, Philadelphia, PA. July 17th, 2017.
100% Mixed Zine Release Party — Alley Cat Books, San Francisco, CA. December 17th, 2016.

Zine fests & book fairs

​​Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, CURE Insurance Arena, Trenton, NJ. April 2nd, 2023.
Philly Punk Rock Flea Market — 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA. April 24th, 2022.
AWP Saturday Community Bookfair — Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. March 26th, 2022.
Philly Zine Fest — The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA. November 16th & 17th, 2019.
San Francisco Zine Fest — Golden Gate Park County Fair Building, San Francisco, CA. September 2nd, 2018.
The Good Life Gallery — The Sculpture Courtyard, Philadelphia, PA. June 8th, 2018.
Hooligan Magazine Four Year Art Collective — Rutcorp, Chicago, IL. ​February 24th, 2018.
Monstera Art & Zine Fair — The Sculpture Courtyard, Philadelphia, PA. ​November 5th, 2017.
Philalalia Small Press Book Arts Festival — Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.​ September 14th-16th, 2017.
Sloppy Copy Screenprinting & Music Festival — Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. August 5th, 2017.
Clark Park Music & Art Festival — Clark Park, Philadelphia, PA. July 15th, 2017.
East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest — David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA. December 10th, 2016.
Olympia Zine Fest — Olympia Center, Olympia, WA. October 1st, 2016.

solo exhibitions

​​Processes: A Meditation — 25 Illustrations & 25 Micropoems.
          Community Arts Phoenixville, Phoenixville, PA. Sept. 1st-Oct. 31st, 2017.
Found Wood / Finding God — 3 visual poetry pieces on found wood, hand-carved letterpress wood type.
          The Brickyard at Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing, China. March 23rd, 2017.

Group Exhibitions

​On the Way of St. James and Morning Routine — Poems as a part of an interactive installation.
          The Black Banjo Reclamation Project Benefit, San Francisco, CA. July 30th, 2022.
TNDRNSS and my belly feels blue — Mixed media series & painting.
          Mixed Media Mixer, The Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, CA. February 22nd, 2015.
i tried to erase you but i erased myself instead. — Mixed media photo series.
          The Dial’s Gallery Nite 12, Temecula, CA. November 22nd, 2014.
Head Space (Photo Series) — 35mm film prints.
          Products of Brotherhood Album Release Party, SUB/Mission, San Francisco, CA. 2014.
New Forms of the Apocalypse — Collaborative film, art, photography installation with Michelle Blade.
          Martin Wong Gallery at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. April 9th-21st, 2012.

Teaching & Facilitation

​Nature Arts Instructor & Camp Counselor — Rutabaga Toy Library, July 2021 - January 2022.
Community Organizer (Staff & Volunteer) — Philadelphia Liberation Center, September 2019 - April 2022.
After School Leader — Free Library of Philadelphia, Walnut Street West, November 2018 - June 2020.
Rowe Junior High Camp Staff — Rowe Camp & Conference Center, June - July 2018, June - July 2019.
Nonviolent Communication Practice Group Facilitator (Volunteer) — Ahimsa House & Others, February - March 2018, October 2018 - February 2020.
Documentary Workshop Facilitator — San Francisco State University Cinema Collective, April 23, 2014.
Mentor (Volunteer) — San Francisco Education Fund, Herbert-Hoover Middle School, Jan. - June 2012.
Children’s Summer Reading Program (Volunteer) — Benicia Public Library, June - August 2008.

education

​B.A. — Cinema, emphasis in Documentary Film Production. San Francisco State University, May 2014.