PUBLICATIONS
"Thanksgiving," essay, The MacGuffin
"Restoration," short story, Philadelphia Stories
"La Playa," short story, The Raven Chronicles
"Belgian Country Inn," short story, Stringtown
"My New Grandmother," short story, Pearl Magazine
"Las Golondrinas," short story, Carve Magazine
"Women, Bears and Other Dangerous Things," short story, Carve Magazine
"Meditations on Form," essay in anthology, Philosophy and Everyday Life (Seven Bridges Press)
"Home On the Range," short story, Prism International
"The Old Rugged Cross," short story, Women's Words
"Identifying Marks," short story, Bellingham Review
AWARDS / HONORS
-- Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grantee
-- Finalist, Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest
-- InterAct Theatre (Philadelphia) "Writing Aloud" performance of two stories
-- Finalist, BkMk Press Chandra Book Prize
-- Presidential Fellowship in Creative Writing, FDU
-- Resident: Cottages at Hedgebrook
-- Raymond Carver Short Story Award
-- Two nominations for Pushcart Prizes
-- Carve Magazine Fiction Award
-- Finalist, Glimmer Train Contest for New Writers
-- Jaquith Award for Best Essay, CSULB
EDUCATION
MFA, Creative Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University
MA, English, Western Washington University
BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University-Long Beach
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Editor, Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Bulletin (current)
Online Instructor, Rasmussen College (current)
Account Manager, Three Sixty Productions, Bellingham, Washington
Publications Services Supervisor, Western Washington University
Freelance Writer/Editor/Designer, Robin Graphics
Senior Editor, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach
Communications Manager, AIDS Project Los Angeles
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