In my undergraduate “Plan Essay” at Bennington College, I wrote that I wanted to live a life of reading, writing, and making things by hand.
Not much has changed.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I work as a writer and editor. A while back, I stepped out of the classroom and back to my desk after more than ten years of teaching. As a copywriter and editor, I love helping individuals and businesses find the words they need to share their message successfully and creatively.
My own writing, especially for children, is often about finding the words we need. What we can say, and what we can’t. This blurry boundary is what pushes me as an artist, invigorates me as an editor, and spills over into my obsession with the handmade. I love the rich language of process, the vocabulary of tools and objects.
My writing and making are investigations of places and materials: flour from Vermont, salt from the Pacific, yeast, and water from our precious California reservoirs come together as a loaf in my kitchen; the tangled skein emerges as a sweater; the beach where I used to live intertwines itself with a story about growing up; beloved classroom objects find new meaning in the sparse vocabulary of a 3-year-old.
I earned my MA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University and my Copyediting Certificate from UC San Diego Extension.
I am a founding member, editor, and copywriter at Drop Leaf Press. My first book, PRIMA VERA was released by Drop Leaf Press in the spring of 2015. It is available for purchase on our website and in bookstores around the Bay Area.