Publications
anti-pastoral | A Velvet Giant
GLAMOUR, GRAMMAR, GRIMOIRE | ANMLY
The Lowlanders, Boondock Codex | diaCRITICS
Notes on a Dream | beestung
Selections from Comma Poems | Annulet
Dogthoughts | Call Me [Brackets]
Salt Poems, Plumeria acuminata rubra | HOLD: A Journal (defunct)
Education
Editor-in-Chief | Poetry Society of New York | 2024-Present
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Milk Press, PSNY’s literary and arts journal.
Copyeditor | Freelance | 2020 – Present
Copyeditor for various or rotating clients, from teacher grant applications to travel guides.
Acquisitions Associate Editor | Hachette | 2018-2020
Handle production process of travel guide, from concept to proofreading.
Editorial Assistant Intern | Ying Chang Compestine | 2017-2018
Provide administrative and editorial support for award-winning lifestyle and children’s author.
Editor, Publicity & Communications Manager | Berkeley Poetry Review | 2015-2017
Act as social media manager, representative, and liaison at events and between university administration.
Editorial Work
Milk Press – Spring 2026
Milk Press – Summer/Fall 2025
Milk Press – Spring 2025
Milk Press – Winter 2025
Milk Press – Summer 2024
Milk Press – Spring 2024
Milk Press – Winter 2024
Berkeley Poetry Review – Issue #47
Berkeley Poetry Review – Issue #46
Berkeley Poetry Review – Issue #45
Education
University of California, Berkeley | 2017
B.A. in English, Minor in Creative Writing | 3.6 GPA
Events & Interviews
New York City Poetry Festival | Main Stage, Governor’s Island, NY | 2024
Coordinating and co-hosting the Milk Press reading on the main stage.
There’s A Lot to Unpack Here | The City Reliquary, Brooklyn, NY | 2023
Invited to be guest reader and interviewee in collaboration with A Velvet Giant.
Lunch Poems | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | 2016
Invited guest reader for up-and-coming student poets.
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