Awards. Projects. Press.

    • MFAW Fellowship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago judged by Daniel Borzutzky. Intertwined, Therefore. 2025.

    • 1st Place Best Column at the ICPA Awards. Slut Saga. 2024.

    • 1st Place Best Column at the ICPA Awards. Slut Saga. 2023.

    • Finalist on the reality TV show “America’s Next Great Author.” 2022.

    • Finalist for the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program. A Misremembrance. 2021.

    • Outstanding Poetry EVVY Award Nomination. Life after Death. 2021.

    • Outstanding Prose EVVY Award Nomination. A Hold on the Wheel. 2021.

    • IMPACT Theater and Performance Festival. Playwright debut with Intertwined, Therefore. Chicago, 2025.

    • “Pamhplet Show II” at the art space Patient Info. Un-Veiled (zine illustrated by Ciarra Giron). Chicago, 2025.

    • 34th International Publishers Congress. Speaker on the topic of BookTok and Gen Z consumer habits shaping the future of publishing. Guadalajara, 2024.

    • Wonders Under Siege Conference. Founder and lead organizer of the conference meant to analyze the dangers of censorship. Partnerships with PEN America, the Chicago Public Library, DePaul University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2024.

    • “ouRArt” exhibit at the Siragusa Gallery. Masculinity Undressed (35 mm black and white photography). Chicago, 2024.

    • Screenwriter for Season One of the Emerson Channel TV show “Culture Shock.”Episode One and Episode Two. Boston, 2021.

    • Auditor at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Placed in Alexander Chee’s workshop. Middlebury, 2019.

    • Radio Presenter on the show “Eclectic Ladyland.” KRBD Ketchikan, 2018. WECB Boston, 2019.

    • “Capturing IMPACT” by Sivan Gilbert. F NewsMagazine, 2025. (Read)

    • “Meet the Graduating Class” by Megan Kirby and illustrations by Grace Kim. School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine, 2025. (Read)

    • “Turning the Page on Censorship” by d.l. Adams. F NewsMagazine, 2025. (Read)

    • “Former HumanitiesX Student Fellow Defends Honest Book Criticism” by Taylor Sellers-Varela. Medium.com, 2025. (Read)

    • “Class of 2023 Snapshot: School of the Arts and Marlboro Institute” by David Ertischeck. Emerson Today, 2023. (Read)

    • “Emersonians Make Pitch to Be ‘America’s Next Great Author’” by Erin Clossey. Emerson Today, 2022. (Read)

    • “Día de Los Muertos Is A Time to Reconnect With Family and Culture For Mexicans Across the World” by Eliana Flores-Barber. Teen Vogue, 2022. (Read)

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