Artist Statement

I use poetic language, concepts and imagery to share my perspective and experiences rooted in spirituality, gender equality and social justice, all aimed towards enlightenment and empowerment.

Publications and Exhibitions

• Creative Loafing. Contributor to “Poet’s Notebook” column. 17 poems and essays. July 2020 to present.

• Chameleon Chimera: an Anthology of Florida Poets. One poem: "KATARA (for real)." November 2024. 

• Smithsonian’s Voices and Votes: Democracy in America exhibition hosted by Sulphur Springs Museum. Featured poet and poetry exhibition organizer together with The Battleground youth. March 2024.

• Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine. One article: “Exploring Protest Poetry as a Tool for Change.” September 2023.

• The Straz Center’s BIPOC Play Reading Series. Featured playwright. April 2023.

• Poetic Portals Art and Poetry Exhibition. One Poem and One Collaborative Artwork: "Blackout Poem: a Page from a George Washington Biography". April 2023. 

• NPR Next Gen Radio. One poem: “Sunshine State of Life.” January 2023. 

• Goodwin Procter Law Firm. One commissioned poem: “The Sower”. June 2022.

• Spady Cultural Heritage Museum. Two commissioned poetry-based artworks in the “Radical Pleasure” exhibition. April 2022 through June 2022.

• BRUJAS: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color book by Lorraine Monteagut, PhD. Featured poem: “Emerge”. October 2021.

• Four Way Books. Manuscript finalist for the Levis Prize in Poetry. June 2021. 

• Hobart Pulp. One poem: “She Take Mushrooms”. May 2021.

• Burrow Press. Editor for BP Review’s Special Issue on “Power”. April & May 2021.

• Cream City Review. Finalist for Summer Prize. One poem: “Rocket Ships”. February 2021.

• Neptune and Rookery. One poem: “Head”. February 2021.

• Four Way Review. Best of the Net nomination (“The Hottentot Venus Cake in Sweden”). Two poems: “Black Granddaughter calls Japanese Grandmother”  and “The Hottentot Venus Cake in Sweden”. August 2020.

• Burrow Press. One poem: “Mouse”. April 2020. 

• Cosmonauts Avenue. Two poems: “So Fly” and “She is Risen”. February 2020.  

• Entropy. Five poems: “I'm on Ten-Thousand”, “Birth”, “Mathematics”, “On How I Baker-Acted Myself: #6”, and “On How I Baker-Acted Myself: #16”. March 2019. 

• Creative Pinellas. Three poems: “Sound and Light”, “Sex”, and “Dignity”. February 2019.   

• Foundry. One poem: “Surveillance”. September 2018. 

• Juked. One poem: “Bodhisattvas Drive-Through in Vehicles”. July 2016. 

• Anderbo. Two Poems: “Joy of Cancer” and “Formal”. April 2015. 

Readings, Performances and Media Coverage 

• Succinct and Substantial interview hosted by Tyger Lily. January 2025. 

• Reading and Book Chat hosted by South Florida Poetry Journal and Purple Ink Press. June 2024. 

• Poets for Palestine event hosted by Sam Obeid and Andrea Assaf. Tampa, Florida. February 2024.

• Read Herring reading event at the Corner Club. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. October 2023.

• A Voice, A Light: Protest Poetry Virtual Reading hosted by Kitchen Table Literary Arts. Featured Poet. October 2023.

• Wild and Precious Life series hosted by Dustin Brookshire. Featured poet. Online. July 2023.

• Broadway World interview with Deb Kelley. April 2023.

• Asian-American and Pacific Islander Poetry Reading and Panel at Warehouse Arts District. St.Petersburg, Florida. April 2023.

• Common Good podcast interview with Joey Taylor and April Doner. March 2023.

• SPACE by Chad Mize art exhibition. Featured Poet. St.Petersburg, Florida. March 2023.

• NPR Next Gen Radio interview by Tashie Tierny. Online. January 2023. 

• RHINO book review by Shalida A. Askanazi. Online. September 2022.

• Spady Cultural Heritage Museum’s Radical Pleasure Exhibition Artist Talk. Online. May 2022.

• Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center’s We Will Not Be Erased event in collaboration with Kitchen Table Literary Arts and the University of South Florida. Featured poet and facilitator. February 2022. 

• Far Forest’s BRUJAS Book Reading and Magical Minimarket. Featured poet. October 2021.

• Best of the Net nomination from Four Way Review. One poem “The Hottentot Venus Cake in Sweden”. October 2021.

• Tombolo Books’ Poetry Night - Celebrating Danzirly with Gloria Muñoz. Online. April 2021.

• Keep St.Pete Lit’s Typewriter Talks. Featured guest. Online. November 2020. 

• Kitchen Table Literary Arts’ anniversary event. Featured writer. September 2020.

• Wisdom and Young Legends interview series. Featured guest. September 2020.

• A Florida Thing podcast. Featured guest. August 2020. 

• Wordier than Thou’s Quarantine Storytime online event. Featured poet. April 2020.

• Metro Inclusive Health's Black and Empowered event. Featured poet. February 2020. 

• 88.5 WMNF Radio Station’s Poetry Is show.  Featured guest. November 2019. 

• Revived magazine. Featured in the article Artists on the Rise. August 2019.

• Melissa Carroll’s Book Release Event at Venus St.Pete Women's Collective. Featured Poet. St.Petersburg, Florida. April 2019.

• Black Crow Grand Central Poetry Circle. Featured Poet. St.Petersburg, Florida. March 2019. 

• Read Herring Reading at Mermaid Tavern. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. March 2019.

• Movable Beasts Reading at Lector Social Club. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. January 2019. 

• Tampa Magazine. Mentioned in the article Tampa Confidential: Micheal Hooker. December 2018.

• Black Crow Old Northeast Poetry Circle. Featured Poet. St.Petersburg, Florida. December 2018. 

• 88.5 WMNF Radio Station's Poetry Is show. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. November 2018.

• Inkwood Books. Featured Poet of the month.  Tampa, Florida. November 2018. 

• Lector Social Club. Featured Poet of the month. Tampa, Florida. October 2018.

• Poetry and Hip-Hop Event at Lector Social Club. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. October 2018. 

• The Poets at USF Event. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. September 2018. 

• Keep St.Pete Lit @Studio 620 Poetry Event. Featured Poet. St.Petersburg, Florida. July 2018.

• Poetry and Prose Event at Timucua White House. Featured Poet. Orlando, Florida. April 2018.

• Association of Writers and Writing Program (AWP) Offsite Marathon Reading hosted by Apogee, AADOREE, and No Tokens. Featured Poet.  Tampa, Florida. March 2018.

• Other Words Literary Conference Reading hosted by YellowJacket Press. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. October 2017. 

• 88.5 WMNF Radio Station’s Art in Your Ear show. Featured Poet. Tampa, Florida. July 2017. 

Education

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University of Tampa. 2018. 

• Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, University of South Florida at St.Petersburg. 2017.