Education

San Diego State University
Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing
August 2012 - May 2015 
Manuscripts: The White Knight & Coming of Age in Failed Love Stories AWP Intro Journals Award Nominee
East Carolina University
Master of Arts English
August 2010 - May 2012 
Thesis: Identifying White Knight Syndrome Scholarship and Award Committee Outstanding Graduate Student Award
University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Bachelor of Fine Arts Creative Writing
August 2005 - July 2010 
Manuscript: Half these Poems are About Love North Carolina Poetry Society Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished University Poet
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Bachelor of Arts Professional Writing
August 2005 - July 2010 
Emphasis: Writing & Technology Thesis: Internet Privacy: Web 3.0 and the Future of Cookies on the Internet
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Certificate of Full-Stack Web Development
January 2018 - May 2018 
Core computer science principles as applied to learning the full-stack MVT architecture Django and the MERN stack with a focus on these core languages, frameworks, and technologies: Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Bash, HTML5, CSS3, Markdown, Django, React (Router, Redux), Express, Bootstrap, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Git for version control.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Artist
Litquake Elder Writing Project
January 2018 - Present 
Poetry Writing, Scholarship Finding & Writing Instructor
Academy of Art Pre-College Program
July 2017 - July 2018 
Writing Instructor
Writing Salon
January 2019 - December 2019