She is a graduate of the creative writing programs at the University of Southern Mississippi (M.A.) and Florida State University (Ph.D.). Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Callaloo, North American Review, River Styx, Black Warrior Review, American Literary Review, jubilat, Barrow Street, and African American Review. Her poems can also be heard at weekendamerica.publicradio.org, rhinopoetry.org, and bhreview.org. In 2014, she was awarded a Tennessee Williams Scholarship to attend the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Her book-length poetry manuscript was also semi-finalist for the Crab Orchard Review and Permafrost first book prizes last year. Among her teaching and scholarly interests are multi-ethnic literature, contemporary American drama, and service learning.