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Essay - Breaking the Comb Ceiling published in Lunch Ticket

A finalist for the Diana Woods Memorial Award, this essay focuses on themes of self-discovery and empowerment, generational trauma, and the politics of natural hair in the workplace through the lens of my personal hair journey and family history. I hope it raises awareness about hair discrimination in the workplace and helps fellow BIPOCs who have had similar experiences feel seen and heard.

Poetry - Six Poems published in Cholla Needles

Each of these poems contains themes of love, grief, and resilience, from the heartbreaking slave narrative in Cerulean Heart to honoring our military in For the Puerto Rican Servicemen Who Lost Their Lives in the Aftermath of 9/11 to ruminating on the struggles of women caretakers in Sole Breadwinner. This issue features 12 amazing poets and I feel humbled to be alongside these powerhouse artists!

Poetry - FIVE Poems published in Mud Season Review

A series of poems that brings the reader into the experience of having chronic illnesses and severe generalized anxiety disorder. From Invisible Illnesses, which describes what it feels like in the body to have fibromyalgia and spondyloarthritis/rheumatoid arthritis, to Isolating When the World is a Dumpster Fire, which speaks to the fear induced by the current times, I hope these poems increase awareness and empathy and generate conversation, contributing to the destigmatization of disability and mental health.

Poetry - I Was Taught to be afraid of men who look like you, published in Quibble Lit

Winner of the Quippy Choice Award as part of Quibble Lit’s P&Qs Audio Poem Awards, this poem is a love letter to my partner but also touches on some of the hate we’ve received as an interracial couple. Listen to the recording of the poem while you read it.

POETRY — TWO POEMS: EXISTENTIAL CRISIS & RELATING TO THE ELEMENTS — PUBLISHED IN EARTH DAY ZINE

These poems speak to my relationship with nature and the second is meant to call everyone to action as we combat and adapt to climate change.

POETRY — My Response When the Instructor Prompted Us to craft a poem about flowers at a time like this — published in Pinch & Featured on the rest of us podcast

Listen to my “poetic interlude” in which I recite my poem honoring the matriarchs in my family, and offer a reflection prompt on rest.