I'm a writer, developmental editor, and publishing professional with an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University, where I was awarded the Benjamin T. Burns Fellowship. My work has appeared in New England Review, Honolulu Magazine, Climbing Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and elsewhere. I have been a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and a Pushcart Prize nominee.

My editorial career began with an internship at The New Yorker, where I supported fact-checking, abstract writing, and archival research. I've since spent fifteen years coaching and developing writers across university classrooms, literary journals, and one-on-one editorial relationships, and working with indie authors, law firms, Hawaii regenerative farmers, and other professionals looking to tell their stories with clarity, authority, and purpose.

As a published author under a pen name, I've lived the indie publishing journey firsthand from manuscript to market, achieving top 100 Amazon rankings in my category and executing full launch campaigns across BookBub, Goodreads, and KDP. I know what it takes to write a book and what it takes to sell one.

I work with indie authors who are serious about their craft and their careers, bringing MFA-level editorial rigor and real-world publishing strategy to every manuscript I touch.