She is a PhD student at Oklahoma State University and a recent graduate from the Poetry MFA program at Columbia College Chicago. She also holds a BA in English from The University of Akron. She is the Poetry Editor for Arcturus and an editorial assistant for Cimarron Review; she previously served as an editor for Columbia Poetry Review and an editorial assistant at RHINO Poetry. When she’s not writing, she’s trying new baking ventures and sharing them with friends. She hasn’t mastered macarons yet, but she hopes to soon. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her boyfriend Ryan and their adorable puppy named Toby.