She now practices medicine in the Midwest and writes poetry and fiction. Her work has been published in Hammers, Tomorrow, Ariel, After Hours, River Oak Review and the international anthologies Freedom’s Just Another Word andEarth Beneath, Sky Above, among others. She has read at numerous venues in the Chicago area, including Printers Row, Around the Coyote Arts Festival, and Guild Complex. Her awards include an Illinois Arts Council Award in prose, and a fiction fellowship from the Ragdale Foundation.