Born and raised in Detroit (Mumford High). Graduated Michigan State University where among other passions I studied sociology, literature, Spanish, and creative writing under Albert Drake and Douglas Lawder. I also freelanced for the State News.

When I grew up (some), and still saw myself as an artist, I mentored under the writers and teachers Katey Schultz and Tanya Muzumdar.

I spent my truly formative years crisscrossing the country on motorcycles, hopping trains and hitchhiking, living an itinerant life that included picking cherries in the Hood River Valley, busing tables in San Francisco, harvesting hemp in Iowa, working construction in California, and reporting news in West Michigan. My last day job was as an analyst for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Interests: Running/hiking the trails and dunes along Lake Michigan (Sleeping Bear), the woods (anywhere) and also the trails in the foothills of San Diego County. Seeing something old as new. Experiencing whatever magic or sadness that is around the bend to the fullest extent possible, and growing from it. Old friends and craft beer. ​