poet | co-founding editor @ First Matter Press | designer + publishing specialist for literary institutions, universities, small presses + indie authors

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I love to bring my experience to projects that center liberation, voices at the margins, poetic craft, children’s literacy + care for the living world

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“zirconium ash,” “Poetry Goes to the Movies” and “Crime Wave” featured in LA Taco’s “25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025”
“zirconium ash,” “Poetry Goes to the Movies” and “Crime Wave” featured in LA Taco’s “25 Best L.A.-Centric Books Of 2025”

publication designer

“i need not name what comes next” in Blood Tree Literature
“i need not name what comes next” in Blood Tree Literature

featured poet

2 poems in New Feathers Anthology
2 poems in New Feathers Anthology

featured poet

“when i say it was real it was so real” in Novus Literary Arts Journal
“when i say it was real it was so real” in Novus Literary Arts Journal

featured poet

The Tower '25 receives CMA Pinnacle Award: Yearbook of the Year
The Tower '25 receives CMA Pinnacle Award: Yearbook of the Year

design consultant

2025 First Matter Press cohort release: Annemarie Eayrs, nawa angel a.h., Violeta Garza & Claudia Saleeby Savage
2025 First Matter Press cohort release: Annemarie Eayrs, nawa angel a.h., Violeta Garza & Claudia Saleeby Savage

lead editor | contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence
Makerspace at Portland Poetry Confluence

coordinating editor

“to want is to want a body & to get is an opening” in Blood Tree Literature
“to want is to want a body & to get is an opening” in Blood Tree Literature

featured poet

“ten-cent flower & other territories” receives the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
“ten-cent flower & other territories” receives the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry

contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

Jeff’s Bacchanalia at after/time Collective Gallery
Jeff’s Bacchanalia at after/time Collective Gallery

curator

2024 First Matter Press cohort release: “greenhouse” and “Suspended In My Insecticide Jar”
2024 First Matter Press cohort release: “greenhouse” and “Suspended In My Insecticide Jar”

lead editor | contributing editor | publication designer | production consultant

“We Are Dreaming of Freedom”: Picturebook + Teaching Guide
“We Are Dreaming of Freedom”: Picturebook + Teaching Guide

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

3 poems in Pile Press Issue 08
3 poems in Pile Press Issue 08

featured poet

“LA Miscellany”: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction and Art
“LA Miscellany”: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction and Art

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

“CRITERION: A Literary Journal”
“CRITERION: A Literary Journal”

publication designer | digital publishing consultant

Lorraine Anderson’s “Slow Cook Solar” wins Silver Nautilus Book Award
Lorraine Anderson’s “Slow Cook Solar” wins Silver Nautilus Book Award

publication designer | production consultant

4 poems in Posit
4 poems in Posit

featured poet

Denise Chávez’s “Street of Too Many Stories”
Denise Chávez’s “Street of Too Many Stories”

publication designer | production consultant

“i can’t unknow any knowing of a death grip” in Willawaw Journal
“i can’t unknow any knowing of a death grip” in Willawaw Journal

featured poet

Alan Salazar’s “Chumash Stories”
Alan Salazar’s “Chumash Stories”

publication designer | production consultant

First Matter Press awarded Literary Arts’ 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Publishers
First Matter Press awarded Literary Arts’ 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Publishers

co-founding editor

“Journal of Children’s Literature” Vol. 49, No. 2
“Journal of Children’s Literature” Vol. 49, No. 2

publication designer

Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal
Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal

publication designer | production consultant

“Our Favorite People in the Room”: Literary/Art Anthology
“Our Favorite People in the Room”: Literary/Art Anthology

publication designer | production consultant | co-editor

Rae Diamond’s “floating bones”
Rae Diamond’s “floating bones”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

charity e. yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”
charity e. yoro’s “ten-cent flower & other territories”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

Josie Méndez-Negrete’s “Rooted in Clay: Verónica Castillo y su arte”
Josie Méndez-Negrete’s “Rooted in Clay: Verónica Castillo y su arte”

publication designer | production consultant | contributing editor

3 poems in Furious Pure
3 poems in Furious Pure

featured poet

Conversations in Cohort: How Do Places Shape Us? featuring charity e. yoro & Rae Diamond
Conversations in Cohort: How Do Places Shape Us? featuring charity e. yoro & Rae Diamond

facilitating co-editor

Poetry reading: What Books Press at Beyond Baroque featuring Jan Wesley, ash good, Gail Wronsky & Gronk
Poetry reading: What Books Press at Beyond Baroque featuring Jan Wesley, ash good, Gail Wronsky & Gronk

featured poet