Non-Fiction Awards & Publication

• “Disassociating in a Whale Costume Under the Texas Sun,” Dirt 2025
  - Runner-up in The Way We Work essay contest sponsored by Dirt, Lux, and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project out of over 200 essay submissions.
  - Won Story of the Year in Dirt’s reader-chosen end of year awards for 2025.
  - Shared in Money With Katie’s financial newsletter (321K followers)

• “A Psychic Predicted I’d Meet the Love of My Life This Fall,” Cosmopolitan 2024
  I set out on a summer of yes.

• “Performing My Poetry Never Gets Easier — Here's Why I Do It,” Elite Daily, 2019

• “Poetry Taught Me How To Write About My Mexican Heritage, After Years Of Pushing It Aside,” Bustle 2018

***I am currently working on a memoir (excerpt above, published in Dirt) and seeking agent representation.