About Me: My work has been published in Ploughshares, Mid-American Review, Ars Medica, and Chautauqua, among others. A short story, “Wolf Notes,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Education includes degrees in Biology and Physical Therapy and a host of writing classes taken and taught at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Honors include a Loft Mentorship with Sandy Benitez and Peter Ho Davies, mentorship with Benjamin Percy, and a MN Emerging Writer grant.