She earned her associate’s from Walters State Community College, where she received the faculty award in creative writing, and her BA in English from East Tennessee State University in 2017. Reticent, her first poetry collection, was published by Grateful Steps in 2016. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Timber, Cheat River Review, The Mockingbird, Red Mud Review, and Sanctuary, among others. Her chapbook, This Fluid Journey, will be published by Finishing Line Press in September 2018.