I'm a mom, teacher, researcher, and ultimately, a storyteller. I have a PhD in education, conduct sociological research, and value participatory methods with communities. I capture photographs in hopes they can tell stories, I write about experiences that often aren't shared, and I love writing fiction and poetry. Much of what I do comes back to understanding and sharing stories, and questioning whose stories are told and by whom, and what gets left out.

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As a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Spain, I conducted research looking at the ways resistance was articulated through street art and murals, and how communities spoke back to systems that exploit or dismiss them. Really, the research focused on how culture maintained its own power as a means of resistance. I write about this through much of what I do; the thread across my work is resistance and storytelling, whether it is in my fiction or creative non-fiction work, my academic research, or my photography.

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For my creative writing, I craft speculative fiction, magical realism, sci-fi, and poetry. As for my academic work, I embed creative elements, but I also capture data through visual research, qualitative work, and critical methodologies. I use pedagogy and research as tools for creativity and reimagining. I hope that my work encourages people to think differently about the world and imagine possibilities we haven't considered before.