“A poet's work... to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep”
― Salman Rushdie
Recognition and Awards
Poem Series Selected: "The Rules for Writing Poetry" Second Place Winner in Commuterlit.com Poetry Week 2023 contest
Poem Selected: "Buying Spices at the Green Market" for 'Tell Your Story' Local West Palm Beach Writing Contest. The Cream Literary Alliance and the French publisher, Short Édition, will place short story dispensers around West Palm Beach
Selected Reader for The Cream Literary Alliance Her Voice: Literary Reading at the Norton Museum Nov 12, 2021
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2023 Participant in affiliation with O’ Miami Heroic Sonnet Crown for Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava
2022 Participant Heroic Sonnet Crown for Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava
Community Organizations
New Mexico Poetry Alliance:
Founding Member/monthly poetry reading host
Poets For Peace, Long Island Chapter:
Founding Member/Co-host/Event planner/Fundraiser: (Donations to Doctors Without Borders)
Performance Poets Association of Long Island:
Host, monthly readings
Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches: Monthly Reading Series
Founder & Co-Host
Education
Certificate of Advanced Study in Therapeutic Writing
Therapeutic Writing Institute
SUNY/Binghamton University/English
PhD,
(Field Exams: Writing & Wellness, Value of Narrative)
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Bennington College
Master of Fine Arts Writing & Literature
SUNY/Empire State College
Bachelor of Arts, Cultural Studies
Distinguished Alumni Award
Florida Keys Community College
Associates Degree, Nursing
Professional Development
Presenter, Journal Verse: Consultation Clinic, Therapeutic Writing Institute May 2015
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Presenter, National Association of Poetry Therapy National Conference-Chicago, April 2013
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Lecturer: Poets from In-Country (American Soldier Poets of the
Vietnam War) February 2009
SUNY/Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY
Affiliations
SWWIM Literary Journal
South Florida Poetry Journal
The Cream Literary Alliance