20 years experience as a teaching artist in the Detroit Public Schools
Essays in the book serialized in Teachers & Writers Magazine, Michigan Alumnus Magazine, the Detroit Free Press
Senior editor for Detroit nonprofit InsideOut Literary Arts Project
Author of six critically acclaimed books including The Fish and the Not Fish and We Make Mud
Previous novel awarded a Michigan Notable Book Award
Received a 2015 Teaching Excellence Award from Oakland University.
Received a 2012 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship
