I'm a writer, editor, and mother, and pour my heart into each of those roles. My kids are young and my life is busy. I work as the managing editor of a quarterly print magazine and freelance in marketing. I love the literary, creative, and outdoors communities that I'm a part of in the Spokane region.
I am an avid trail runner and have only drawn blood one time so far while running. (I sprain my ankle more often.) I also enjoy backpacking in the Cascades and paddle boarding on our local lakes.
I grew up on a third-generation dryland wheat farm in central Washington state and have an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from EWU. My chapbook of flash essays, "Kindling," was published in 2017 by Sweet: A Literary Confection.
My essays have appeared in Orion's "Place Where You Live" section, Flyway, River Teeth, High Desert Journal, Hippocampus Magazine, and elsewhere. In June 2025 I was selected for the Orion's Environmental Writer's Workshop in Rhinebeck, NY. I have been an editor at three print magazines.