She was named the Writer-in-Residence at the Edwin Way Teale homestead in 2015. A two-time Pushcart-Prize nominee, her work has appeared in various publications, including: Orion Magazine, Anthropology and Humanism, Bellevue Literary Review, Irish Times, Writer’s Chronicle, The Writer Magazine, Masters Review, DESCANT, Rattling Wall, Fate Magazine, Writer’s Digest Poetry Market 2017 and more. She is the first place recipient of the 2015 Ethnographic Fiction competition sponsored by the American Anthropological Association. Her forthcoming novel is represented by Regal Hoffman & Associates in New York.