Poetry
Wide Eyes Press
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Ghost City Press, Fences and Ancient Womb Bones
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The Woman, Inc., Selected for "Emerging Poet" and "Poem of the Week":
10mg, two times a day, with food
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The Opiate, This is Not a Power Play
Why do Snapchats Disappear? (Volume 18, print)
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Déraciné, I Cry the Brain Decrepit,
Ice Fishing with One Hundred Thousand Eyes
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Nine Muses Poetry, I am just as angry as you
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Otoliths, John Kerry Isn't the Anti-Christ
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The Rye Whiskey Review, When stepping on an Extraterrestrial
There is a cellar estaurant in Rome
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The Black Shamrock, print, Mycellium
The Bogart Specter
"The cancer has spread to the bones"
The moon dropped out of the sky tonight
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Eunoia Review, Stealing/Sending Sex Trunks
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Red Eft Review, Life and Death Manners
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Alpha Female Society, Reflecting Bottles
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Tale Spinners, Mine
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Plastik Magazine, 6 tweet length poems
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Short Fiction
the sad bitch chronicles, forthcoming anthology: "Trigger Warning":
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Horla, The Girls Who Die at Night
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Cut a Long Story, republished, for sale, The Goldfish Man
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Quailbell Magazine, The Goldfish Man
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Tale Spinners, selection from Indian Summer
selection from The Isle is Full of Noises
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Other
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Words on the Outside, Read by the author for Laura Bynum's Youtube series
Audio recording, chapter from The Talkers are Talking
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The Arts in Wales, 90 Straithnarn Street
Poem printed on a tote to raise funds for programming
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PUBLISHED WORK
Teaching overview
Undergraduate Courses
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
101: Expository Writing - 6 semesters
100/098: Basic Composition and Basic
Composition with Reading - 2 semesters
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Farmingdale State College, SUNY, Farmingdale, NY
097, 101, 102, 310: Developmental English,
Introduction to English Composition
Introduction to Literature, Advanced Technical
Writing - 2 semesters
Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ
097, 101: Developmental English, Introduction
to English Composition - 2 Semesters
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
English as a Second Language, Written and
Oral Communications, Academic Preparation,
Research Paper & Essay Writing,
Presentation/Speech Skills, Language and
Culture - 3 Semesters
August 2013 - Present
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Develop curricula and lesson plans to meet department-wide learning objectives.
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Participate in department service through presenting and participating in conferences, acting as emergency grader and special tutor.
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Proven results with students showing significant improvement on program-wide and rubric graded exams.
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Garner high level of student satisfaction and interest as measured by consistently high attendance rates in conjunction with anonymous class surveys.
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Work with students from all over the world at all skill levels in class sizes ranging from 9-30.
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Utilize creative teaching methods that step outside the textbook to YouTube/social media, community events, field trips, in-class debates, website and blog building, incorporating new technologies, etc.
Workshops
May 2012 - August 2012
Llamau's Learning for Life, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Creative Writing, Photography, Interview
Readiness & Life Skills, Painting, Gardening,
etc.
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Led series of individual and group educational and counseling sessions to homeless and at-risk teens to encourage empowerment and self-sufficiency.
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Coordinated regional art-competition and increased participants by 85%.
May 2012 - August 2012
Cathay's High School, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Creative Writing
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Developed and facilitated all workshop curricula to encourage creativity and empowerment with a focus on individualized learning and expression.
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Organized and lead educational field trip to the National Museum of Wales.
Founder
Break the Bechdel with Strong Female
Characters Syndicate
Inkshares.com
Editor-in-chief
Lamplit Underground
Brooklyn, NY
Co-Founder
Tale Spinners
Remote
February 2016- Present
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Founder of online syndicate that provides financial support to writers who highlight diverse voices in fiction.
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Group membership ranging from 15-40 members at a time.
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Raised thousands of dollars to date.
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Have helped put over a dozen books into production.
September 2013- Present
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Founder and editor of up-and-coming literary/arts webzine.
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Features works from Push-Cart Prize winners and nominees, O. Henry Award nominees as well as many other award-winning writers and artists.
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Procure, cull, edit and post all submissions and publications.
September 2013- Present
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Literary hub
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Ghost-writing and editing services
Freelance/Ghost Writer
January 2012- Present
Ariel Books LLC., Rhudy & Co., James Joyce Ramble, Erin Pray, Dr. Benjamin. Patch.com, Stand up for Kids, Overcomers Day Services etc.
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Ghost wrote chapter for 2016 Presidential Candidate
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Profiles & Biographies
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Feature Articles
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Newsletters