My Mission

• SCBWI Mayfest First Pages Award for mg, Dream Loud, novel in verse, 2022
• SCBWI Writer’s Day winner for YA, Pollen Girl 2016
• SCBWI Writer’s Day honorable mention for mg, True Secrets (Manos)
• SCBWI Summer Conference Grant winner for mg, True Secrets (Manos) 2015
• Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest winner, “Leaf by Leaf” 2007

“For Twelve Dollars We Brought Her Home” , Altadena Poetry Review, 2026

”Second Grade”, WWS Blog Series, 2025

“Warrior Spirit”, Women in a Golden State, 2025, 

"Landscapes"

Out of the Ground, anthology, Gunpowder Press  2023

https://www.santabarbaraliteraryjournal.com/

“One Drop of Dew”, Santa Barbara Lit Journal, 2022

“The Basket of Memories” and “Whales”, Santa Barbara Lit Journal, 2021

http://www.avalonliteraryreview.com/

“Cherry Fuchsia Delight”, Avalon Literary Review, 2019

“Stop Second Grade Testing”, Op Ed, VC Star, 2009

“Teacher As Waitress”, Op Ed, VC Star April 27, 2008

“Leaf by Leaf”, Ventura County Star & Quintessence Anthology 2006/07