Educational Journey:

• Drew University, The Casperson School, Arts & Letters, doctoral student, Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) program. (2021-present)
• Hofstra University, MFA with Distinction, Creative Writing (fiction). Recipient, Creative Writing Graduate Fellowship, Hofstra University's 2014 Axinn-Demille Award for Fiction.
• Post baccalaureate courses: NYU, poetry; New School, screenwriting; Hofstra, screenwriting & the short story. 
• Brown University: BA, Semiotics (concentration in film theory & theatre).

Writing Community Involvements:

• Women Who Write, Inc., Board Member, Secretary, 2022 to 2024
• Women Who Write, Inc., Conference Committee Lead for Prose Faculty, 2019 to 2023; Co-chair, 2018; member since 2015
• Women Who Write, Inc., Friday Novelists Group (2020 - present)
• Drew University Writing Center, Writing Specialist (2022 - 2023)
• Conferences Attended: Writer's Digest Pitch Slam; Women Who Write; AWP; Red Bank, Author-Preneur

​Career Experiences:

• Adjunct Professor, Drew University, INTO, Listening & Speaking (current)
• Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, Creative Writing
• E Commerce Management
• Entertainment Insurance Underwriting