Education and Credentials

M.F.A. — UC Riverside

I graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from UCR in 2025. My concentration was in Creative Nonfiction.

B.A.— UC Berkeley

I graduated with distinction in general scholarship from UC Berkeley in 2020. I hold a B.A. in Development Studies and minors in both Journalism and Global Poverty and Practice.

University Teaching Certificate— UC Riverside

While attending UCR for my MFA, I also earned the University Teaching Certificate.

Awards and Accolades

  • Winner of the 2024 L.M. and Marcia McQuern Endowed Graduate Award for Nonfiction Writing (UC Riverside)

  • Recipient of a 2024 Outstanding TA Award (UC Riverside)

  • First Runner Up for the 2025 Conger Beasley Jr Award for Nonfiction (New Letters)

  • First Runner Up for the 2024 Honey Bee Prize for Nonfiction (The Good Life Review)

  • Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, 2024-2025 Academic year (UC Riverside)

  • Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, 2023-2024 Academic year (UC Riverside)

  • Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship, 2022-2023 Academic Year (UC Riverside)

  • Shortlisted for The Letter Review 2024 Prize in Fiction (The Letter Review)

  • Finalist for the 2022 Barry Lopez Prize for Nonfiction (Cutthroat Magazine)