Professor, author, technical writer, editor, instructional mentor, and developmental skills training specialist.

Writing projects: Corporate and business manuals, advertisement copy, concept material, creative work (poetry, creative non-fiction), syllabi, dissertations.

Diversity and inclusion specialist, with a keen eye toward multiculturalism and accessibility in writing.

Published work includes: Yemassee, The Mississippi Review, The McNeese Review, SWWIM, Red Rock Review, The Spectacle, Third Coast, Foothill Journal, UCity Review, Tinderbox, and others.

2x Pushcart Prize nominee and has received an Honorable Mention from the Academy of American Poets Graduate Prize, and won multiple writing awards.

Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Master of Arts degree in English from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Manuscript Songs for the Father of Waters currently on the market and has been a semi-finalist for multiple national contests.