Who I Am

Writing Coach and Educator, I have 18 years of experience writing, editing, and workshopping Poetry, Non-Fiction, and Fiction Writing.

Experience

Enrollment Services Coordinator

Tillamook Bay Community College 2017 - Present

Provides leadership for Student Services, direct supervision for both Financial Aid and Registrar Offices. Ensure equity and inclusion in admissions processes. Project Management for Graduation and New Student Orientations. Analyze enrollment data and implement recruiting and retention strategies increasing enrollment. One on one  financial aid and wellness counseling. Present at orientations and community events in both Spanish and English.

Jewelry Store Manager

Fred Meyer Jewelers 2016 - 2024

Primary supervisor for location; maximize financial performance of store; achieve growth and sales targets by successfully managing, training, and motivating the sales team; interview, hire, and recruit candidates; performance reviews and coaching; coordinate operations functions of locations.

Direct Placement (Internet Marketing)

Billing Supervisor 2011 - 2012

Developed and implemented improvements to billing system to maximize efficiency, reduced delinquency and increased accuracy; continually maintained and improved the company's reputation and positive image; supervised sales teams ensuring quality of customer service and account management; new employee training.

Workshop Facilitator and Poetry Teacher

Poetry of Color — March 2021

Community Education course for beginning poetry readers focusing on the work of BIPOC poets, discussing themes of the Black Lives Matter movement, the immigrant experience in the United States, and a BIPOC poet’s relationship to whiteness

Education

Pacific University

MFA in Writing

June 2019 - January 2022

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology

August 2006 - May 2010

Focus in Cultural Anthropology

Thesis: “Naked Protest: Manipulating the Erotic”

Bachelor of Arts in English: Creative Writing

 Focus in Poetry

Thesis:  “Fight, Flight, and Fornication: A Collection of Poems”

Minor in Spanish

Focus in Spanish literature

Languages

English, Spanish, and learning Brazilian Portuguese

Bragging Rights

Published Poet

Data Team - Data Analysis Committee at Tillamook Bay Community College

ASTBCC Advisor - Coordinate TBCC’s Student Council

Skills

Data management and analysis

Report writing

Customer service

Sales

Public speaking

Publications

“And if I Can Love You”. Four and Twenty 3.5 (2010). 19. Print.

 “Pacifist at the Cage Fight”. (2011) Specter Literary Magazine, 3 Oct. 2011. Web.

 “Consumer Satisfaction”.  Women in REDzine.

“Constructing an Image”. Women in REDzine.

“Charger”. 2023. Fireweed Literary Magazine

“The Skin of the Moon”. 2022. Fireweed Literary Magazine

“Another Metaphor for the Heart”. Plant/Human Quarterly. 2022

“I Said Stop”. 2025. We’ve Got Some Things to Say - Anthology of Sexual Assault Survivors

“Unicorn Hunting”. 2025. We’ve Got Some Things to Say - Anthology of Sexual Assault Survivors