founder & eic
arcanum magazine

education
sarah lawrence college, BA in creative arts, social science, & history

the new school, MFA in poetry candidate

reviews

“the best books by women of summer” — o, the oprah magazine

poetry

“elegy for [redacted]”— torch literary arts (best of the net nominee)
“agape”— ‘what a time to be alive’ zine
“la jetée” — @massmoca
“time capsule” — brooklyn poets (pushcart prize nominee)
“all that travels, a monochromatic kaleidoscope” — ‘1619 speaks’ anthology
“the oracle to x” — obsidian literature & the arts in the african diaspora
“abecedarian on surviving | apocalypse” — the poetry society of new york - milk press (best of the net nominee)

select awards & honors

march 2024 | ma’s house
bipoc artist residency

january 2024 | studio museum in harlem institute
museum professionals seminar

december 2023 | the watering hole
winter retreat fellow

may 2023 | the southern esesu endeavor
speaker and lucille clifton fellow

april 2023 | saltonstall foundation for the arts
juried writing residency fellowship

june 2022 | obsidian literature & the arts the arts in the african diaspora
o|sessions 1.0 black listening, a performance master class

april 2022 | cave canem
fred d’aguilar, writing personas workshop

march 2022 | mass moca assets for artists program
black & indigenous artist residency fellowship

february 2022 | brooklyn poets
starr davis, ars poetica workshop fellow

december 2021 | cave canem
asiya wadud, an accumulation workshop

december 2020 | sarah lawrence college
lucy grealy prize for poetry

july 2016 | scholastic art & writing awards
national student poet semi-finalist

october 2015 | la writes youth contest
first place for poetry